American Bar Association - A Look at US Judges' statistications

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1 A Current Glance at in the Law February 2013 American Bar Association - Commission on in the Profession 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL Phone: abacwp1@americanbar.org Website: Copyright 2013 by the American Bar Association. This information or any or portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association.

2 in the Legal Profession A Current Glance at in the Law (January 2013) 33.3% Men 66.7% American Bar Association Market Research Department, April 2012 Note: 44 states, representing 59% of the lawyer population, reported gender statistics. in Private Practice 50.0% 45.0% 40.0% 35.0% 30.0% 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% 19.9% 15% 4% Partners-1 Equity Partners Largest Law Firm Managing Partners % 46.3% Associates-4 Summer Associates-5 1 Representation of Among Associates Continues to Fall, Even as Minority Associates Make Gains. National Association for Law Placement, December Report of the Seventh Annual National Survey on Retention and Promotion of in Law Firms. National Association of Lawyers and NAWL Foundation, October Report of the Seventh Annual National Survey on Retention and Promotion of in Law Firms. National Association of Lawyers and NAWL Foundation, October Representation of Among Associates Continues to Fall, Even as Minority Associates Make Gains. National Association for Law Placement, December Representation of Among Associates Continues to Fall, Even as Minority Associates Make Gains. National Association for Law Placement, December

3 in Corporations Fortune 500 General Counsel 21.6% Men 78.4% Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian American/ Middle Eastern Pacific Islander 83.3% 10.2% 3.7% 1.9% 1% Fortune General Counsel 15.6% Men 84.4% Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian American/ Middle Eastern Pacific Islander 92.3% 3.8% 2.6% 1.3% 0% MCCA s 13 th Annual General Counsel Survey: Measuring the Progress of the Nation s Legal Leaders. Minority Corporate Counsel Association, September/October

4 in Law Schools 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 22,798 (46.8% ) 25,899 (53.2% ) 68,262 (46.7% ) 78,026 (53.3% ) 21,043 (47.3% ) 23,452 (52.7% ) Men 0% 1st Yr Enrollment - 1 Total J. D. Enrollmt - 1 J.D.'s Awarded Enrollment and Degrees Awarded, Academic Year. American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. stics/enrollment_degrees_awarded.pdf 2 J.D. and LL.B. Degrees Awarded, Academic Year. American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. statistics/jd_llb_degrees_awarded.pdf on Law Reviews 1 Survey Leadership Positions Editors-in-Chief Top 50 schools ranked by U.S. News & World Report 42% 29% New York Law School Law Review (NYLS) all law 44% 32% schools not ranked in Top 50 Combined sample (Top 50 & NYLS) 43% 31% Law Review Diversity Report. New York Law School Law Review and Ms. JD, October Report.pdf Law School Administration 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 41 (20.6%) 158 (79.4%) 326 (45.7%) 387 (54.3%) 258 (66.2%) 132 (33.8%) Deans Associate/Vice/Deputy Deans Assistant Deans Men AALS Statistical Report on Law Faculty. Association of American Law Schools ( ) 4

5 Judicial Clerks* Percent of Obtained By: All Federal State Local Men 49.0% 54.3% 45.2% 45.7% 51.0% 45.6% 54.8% 54.3% * Note that these results are from the Class of A Demographic Profile of Judicial Clerks Patterns of Disproportionality. NALP Bulletin, November in the Judiciary Representation of United States Federal Court Judges Type of Court Total # of Seats % of United States Supreme Court % Circuit Court of Appeals active % Federal Court Judges in the U.S. 2 1, % 1 in the Federal Judiciary: Still a Long Way to Go. National s Law Center, August in Federal and State-Level Judgeships: A Report of the Center for in Government & Civil Society, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York. Summer Representation of United States State Court Judges Type of Court Total # of Seats State Final Appellate Jurisdiction Courts State Intermediate Appellate Jurisdiction Courts State General Jurisdiction Courts State Limited and Special Jurisdiction Courts All State Court Judges in the U.S. 5 % of % % 11,049 2,768 25% 5,072 1,596 31% 17,489 4,711 27% National Association of Judges.

6 Total Representation of - Federal & State Judgeships 27.1% Men 73.9% in Federal and State-Level Judgeships: A Report of the Center for in Government & Civil Society, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York. Summer Weekly Salary Men vs. Lawyers $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 Men $500 $ Men $1,710 $1,748 $1,891 $1,783 $1,875 $1,934 $1,895 $1,884 $1,255 $1,354 $1,333 $1,381 $1,509 $1,449 $1,461 $1,631 lawyers weekly salary as a percentage of male lawyers salary: 73.4% 77.5% 70.5% 77.5% 80.5% 74.9% 77.1% 86.6% 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex. Equity Partners Compensation At the median, women equity partners in the 200 largest firms earn 89% of the compensation earned by their male peers. Report of the Seventh Annual National Survey on Retention and Promotion of in Law Firms. National Association of Lawyers and NAWL Foundation, October

7 in the ABA ABA Lawyer Members 325, , % Board of Governors % Section/Division Chairs, Bar Year % Total Presidential Appointments, % Committee Chair Appointments, % Total % Goal III Report: An Annual Report on s Advancement into Leadership Positions in the American Bar Association. ABA Commission on in the Profession, February Presidents of the ABA: Roberta Cooper Ramo ( ) Martha W. Barnett ( ) Karen J. Mathis ( ) Carolyn B. Lamm ( ) Laurel Bellows ( ) Chairs of the House of Delegates: Martha W. Barnett ( ) Karen J. Mathis ( ) Laurel G. Bellows ( ) Linda A. Klein ( ) Secretaries Donna C. Willard-Jones ( ) Ellen F. Rosenblum ( ) Bernice B. Donald ( ) Cara Lee T. Neville ( ) Treasurer Alice E. Richmond ( ) First Members of the ABA: Mary B. Grossman; Cleveland, OH (1918) Mary Florence Lathrop; Denver, CO (1918) For more information on women s advancement into leadership positions in the ABA, see the ABA Commission on s Goal III Report at American Bar Association - Commission on in the Profession 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL Phone: abacwp1@americanbar.org Website: 7