Posted On:
December 29, 2008
Gender Discrimination in the Legal Field
A recent article in The National Law Journal entitled, “Women in Law Still Paid Much Less Than Men” discusses the results of a survey conducted of many of the nation’s leading law firms.
The results are striking. There is a significant gender disparity in pay between men and women. For associates, women earn 4% less; for of counsel positions, women earn 6% less; for non-equity partners, the difference is 8% less and the largest disparity is with equity partnership where women earn 13% less than men in the same positions. The results show that there is a glass ceiling with respect to salaries and, even in the legal field, it is still very pervasive.
