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Career Development for Women Lawyers

Author: Alex Davies
Publisher: Ark Group
ISBN: 9781783583669
Published In: March 2019
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Although women comprise nearly half of all law students and incoming associates at law firms, and have done so for many years, they remain greatly outnumbered by men at senior levels. If nothing is done to change this trend, the percentage of women equity partners will remain under 20 percent for decades to come.

Slow progress in gender equality at senior roles raises awkward questions for the industry – and highlights the challenges that women lawyers face when developing their careers.

Indeed, at mid-career, when earnings peak, the top 10 percent of female lawyers earn more than $300,000 a year, while the top 10 percent of male lawyers earn more than $500,000. Coupled with this, the number of female equity partners at top US law firms has risen by only five percent in the last 12 years. Although women comprise 47 percent of associate ranks at law firms, female lawyers make up only 31 percent of those entering the equity partnership class.

This book is for women, by women – to help female lawyers progress their careers in an industry still struggling with gender equality.

Written by outstanding women lawyers in their respective fields, each contribution takes a personal and professional view of the legal sector, providing insight and analysis of issues as diverse as flexible working, portfolio careers, unconscious bias and the modern career trajectory.

The book is split into four sections, and begins with the results of original research undertaken by ARK Group in early 2019. Surveying nearly 100 women lawyers from across the globe, we asked women at all stages in their careers to open up about their experiences, from recruitment to retirement, and the challenges – and opportunities – that being female has brought. The results make for interesting, and perhaps surprising, reading.

Part 1: A woman’s world

Chapter 1: Introduction, ARK Group

Chapter 2: The gender pay gap

By Natasha Innocenti, partner, Mlegal Group

Chapter 3: Being a woman in a woman’s world

By Joanne Frears and Belinda Lester, Lionshead Law

Part 2: Making your mark

Chapter 4: Framing your career and designing an effective job search

By Debbie Epstein Henry, Founder, DEH Consulting, Speaking, Writing; co-founder, Bliss Lawyers

Chapter 5: Brand building for women lawyers

By Nika Kabiri, VP, Lux insights

Chapter 6: Blurring the professional and the personal – relationship building