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The Yale Law Women published their 2020 survey of Top Firms for Gender Equity and Family Friendliness in what is likely the most tumultuous spring law firms have seen in a very long time. In addition to the many challenges women lawyers already faced in protecting and advancing their careers (outlined in detailed statistics and survey responses included in the report), it is now clear that Covid-19...

If there’s one thing we at Page 2 like to “well-actually” our friends in the legal industry about, it is the so-called pipeline problem. As any lawyer from an underrepresented group will tell you, the supposed lack of women and minority lawyers in the talent pool explains why, despite their “best efforts,” law firm leaders can’t seem to improve their dismal statistics on diversity. Every time they turn on the faucet, only white male lawyers come pouring out. Of course they wish it...

This week we caught up on an October Legal Speak podcast interview with five panelists from ALM’s Women, Influence and Power in Law conference: Lauren Fisher, chief...

Ask any professional woman about navigating gender stereotypes and expectations in the workplace and she is likely to tell you a story about how she has been criticized for being “too aggressive,” “overprepared” or “demanding,” and yet when she adopts the “softer” traits traditionally associated with femininity, she is not taken seriously...

When international law firm Dechert got serious about enacting new policies to help more women advance up the ladder, they focused on more equitable parental leave, addressing implicit bias and establishing a more robust sponsorship program, according to a recent American Lawyer piece.

This last initiative, the Sponsorship and Sustained Support program, has been...