Tag Archive | "pay gap"

Good News/Bad News for Women in BigLaw

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

3 Comments

Good News/Bad News for Women in BigLaw

The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) has released its fourth annual National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms and the results are a mixed bag. On the up side, the compensation gap between male and female lawyers has shrunk, particularly among equity partners. On the down side, women [...]

Continue reading...

Female Lawyers Still Earning Less Than Males

Monday, July 13, 2009

0 Comments

Female Lawyers Still Earning Less Than Males

According to The Law Society, the representative body for solicitors in England and Wales, female solicitors earn 29% less than male colleagues in the UK. This is slightly better than the 32% difference reported for 2007. At the largest firms, the pay gap was 45% for 2008. Associates and assistants have the lowest pay gap, around 10%. There [...]

Continue reading...