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  • July 21, 2017

    4 Female Perspectives On BigLaw Leadership

    Only a handful of the largest U.S. law firms are led by women. Here, in their own words, are perspectives from Shook Hardy & Bacon Chair Madeleine McDonough, Crowell & Moring Chair Angela Styles, Morgan Lewis & Bockius Chair Jami Wintz McKeon and Goodwin Procter Chair Emeritus Regina Pisa.

  • July 21, 2017

    Could An NFL Diversity Rule Be A BigLaw Game-Changer?

    In a bid to elevate more women to positions of authority, law firms are taking a page from the National Football League's playbook.

  • July 21, 2017

    BigLaw Bias Suits New Wild Card In Fight For Gender Equity

    As gender bias suits pile up against law firms, it remains to be seen how they will impact recruiting in the industry. But some legal experts say firm leaders may want to look at the complaints as blueprints for change.

  • July 21, 2017

    Women See Another Year Of Slow Gains At Law Firms

    U.S. law firms have long been overwhelmingly dominated by men, particularly at the partnership level, and Law360's latest Glass Ceiling Report shows that recent progress has been — at best — only incremental.

  • April 22, 2016

    The 2016 Glass Ceiling Report

    Law360 surveyed 338 U.S. firms and vereins with a U.S. component about their overall and female headcount numbers as of Dec. 31, 2015. For the third year in a row, the results show virtually no growth for female representation at any attorney level.

  • April 20, 2016

    How 2 Immigration Firms Are Raising The Bar For Female Attys

    With immigration firms Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP and Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP nabbing the second and third spots on our list of the top places for female attorneys, Law360 takes a look at how these two firms are setting up their female lawyers for success.

  • April 20, 2016

    What Happens At Law Firms When Women Take Charge

    It's the rare law firm that has been able to achieve true gender parity, or anything close to it, particularly in its equity partnership ranks. But the few firms that have done it are reaping the rewards of leadership diversity, attracting valuable lateral talent and clients and boosting their bottom lines.

  • April 20, 2016

    Wall Street Firms Among Toughest For Female Partners

    Wall Street firms are notorious for keeping their partner ranks trim, but climbing to that top rung remains even more challenging for women, with less than 4 percent of female attorneys at those firms defying the odds to make the cut, a Law360 study found. 

  • April 19, 2016

    Employment Firms Remain Tops For Female Attorneys

    Employment firms over the past year continued to outpace their general practice rivals in blazing a trail of gender diversity, boasting a greater percentage of female attorneys and partners than their peers, according to data compiled by Law360.

  • April 19, 2016

    3 BigLaw Women Who Shattered The Glass Ceiling This Year

    Only 18 women are among the roughly 150 people at the highest levels of leadership at the 100 largest U.S.-based law firms. Here, Law360 talks to the three female attorneys who ascended to the head of BigLaw in the past 12 months.

  • April 18, 2016

    IP Boutiques Still Among Worst For Female Attorneys

    Intellectual property firms continue to struggle with gender diversity due to a lack of women in the science and engineering fields and other deeply rooted problems, but a few boutiques surveyed by Law360 stood out as encouraging bright spots.

  • April 18, 2016

    The 10 Best BigLaw Firms For Female Attorneys

    BigLaw continues to struggle with gender equality, but 10 powerhouse firms outpaced their peers, with women comprising nearly 40 percent of their ranks, according to Law360's Glass Ceiling report.

  • April 17, 2016

    The Best Law Firms For Female Partners

    While the typical law firm's partnership ranks are still dominated by men, 25 firms have made strides towards greater gender equality in their partnerships, earning them spots on Law360's list of Ceiling Smashers.

  • April 17, 2016

    The Glass Ceiling Report

    For the third straight year, law firms have made negligible progress toward gender equality, according to a review of Law360's annual headcount surveys of more than 300 firms over the past few years.

  • April 17, 2016

    The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women

    Law firms continue to fall short when it comes to retaining and promoting female attorneys, according to Law360's 2016 Glass Ceiling Report. Here are the BigLaw practices that keep women from getting ahead.

  • April 17, 2016

    The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys

    For the second year, Law360 has ranked the 100 best U.S. law firms for women, based on the firm's female representation at the partner and nonpartner levels and its total number of female attorneys.

  • April 22, 2015

    Firm Hierarchies Push Women Out The Door

    While small and MegaLaw firms might seem like complete opposites, they both operate under the same rigid hierarchical structure that is keeping female attorneys from advancing and driving many out of the profession, experts say.

  • April 22, 2015

    Equity Partnership More Attainable For Women At 1-Tier Firms

    Female attorneys at firms with just one level of partnership are attaining equity partnership at a higher rate than their counterparts at two-tier law firms, according to Law360's Glass Ceiling Report.

  • April 21, 2015

    Only 12 BigLaw Firms Have Women Running The Show

    Just 12 of the largest 100 U.S. law firms have a woman in their highest leadership position, and after a strong 2014 only one woman has joined the leadership ranks so far this year, according to Law360 data.

  • April 21, 2015

    After Faruqi, More Female Attys To Sue For Sex Harassment

    In the wake of an ex-Faruqi & Faruqi associate's high-profile sexual assault and hostile workplace trial, female associates from at least two other law firms have filed suits alleging rampant sexism, and experts say the cases show that more women attorneys are ready to sue over sexual harassment.

  • April 21, 2015

    The Glass Ceiling Report

    Law360 surveyed 308 U.S. firms and vereins with a U.S. component about their overall and female head count numbers as of Dec. 31, 2014. The results show virtually no growth for female representation at any attorney level, with gender equality no closer than a year ago.

  • April 20, 2015

    IP Boutiques Among Worst Firms For Women

    Intellectual property law firms are struggling to increase gender diversity, a failure practitioners and law firm leaders say is a result of too few female lawyers with backgrounds in the fields that IP attorneys need, such as engineering and computer science.

  • April 20, 2015

    Female Attys Give Employment Boutiques A Boost In Biz

    Labor and employment boutiques have been gaining an edge with clients over full-service rivals, in part, by playing up higher-than-average numbers of female attorneys in their ranks, a tactic which has allowed them to grow their market share.

  • April 17, 2015

    The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys

    For the first time ever, Law360 has ranked the 100 best U.S. law firms for women, based on the firm's female representation at the partner and nonpartner levels and its total number of female attorneys.

  • April 17, 2015

    Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women

    U.S. law firms are not hiring or promoting more female attorneys than they were a year ago, a failure that everyone from in-house attorneys to BigLaw bosses says can only change when the industry confronts its deep-rooted unconscious bias about women in law.

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