‘Fewer white males, and more women’: Unprecedented lift in female lawyers joining partnerships
Australia’s legal market has seen an unprecedented lift in female lawyers joining partnerships over the past 12 months.
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Lawyers turn their back on traditional firm model
The disconnect between the working model of certain firms and what drives their fee-earning staff is causing a threat to their ability to sustain the business model.
Men losing out in race to make partner at law firms
Male lawyers are missing out on promotions to partner as top law firms impose aggressive gender equity targets that favour women.
‘Women in, men out’: Legal firm Clayton Utz’s strategy for gender parity
For Clayton Utz’s first female chief executive partner, achieving gender parity is simple: “It’s about more women coming in and more men going out.”
A top priority to balance the gender ledger
Law firms are reaching for more sophisticated structural and cultural solutions as they attempt to transform their enduring failure to promote enough women into a 21st century success story.