From Law Practice Today authored by:
“Do a casual Google search on “females in the legal profession” and these issues are ubiquitous in the results. With such discouraging reviews, statistics, and stereotypes (if we assume that the stereotypes tell the whole story, that is) it is hard to imagine why a woman would want to join the legal profession.
However, luckily for us ladies, the pendulum is swinging toward change. We see this change in universal pay scales; we see it in the option for some to work remotely; but most of all, we see it in the choices many law firms make available to all of their professionals—the choice to push oneself and dominate as a big-billing rainmaker, and to pump the brakes at times, making “non-traditional” roles more traditional, all while still being perceived as adding value.
Although our profession still has much room to improve, and likely will continue to need to do so as times and values change, we wanted to take a moment to highlight the top five reasons we love being female lawyers. We have come a long way, and law is a great place to be today.”
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