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: Ms. JD

Supply and Demand

By Peg

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I spend a fair amount of time considering why it is that women are so under represented in the partnerships of large law firms. I do this as a semi-professional endeavor but also due to my own self-interest as a junior associate who (1) intends to make partner in a few years and some day be involved in the management of my current firm and (2) wonders if there is something that I am not anticipating that will drive me from practice as has happened to so many partnership tracked women ahead of me.

One of the key pieces of this equation is child bearing/rearing -- I know this is no great revelation as anyone with a brain and eyes can see that more women leave practice due to child-raising conflicts than men. However, I have also been a believer that programs for re-entry into the profession after having taken some time to have and raise kids is a critical part of solution to keeping women in the profession.

Full post as published by Ms. JD on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).

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