A Current Glance at Women in the Law May 2016

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1 A Current Glance at in the Law May 2016 American Bar Association - Commission on in the Profession 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL Phone: [email protected] Website: Copyright 2016 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 A Current Glance at in the Law (May 2016) in the Legal Profession 36.0% Men 64.0% American Bar Association Market Research Department, April, 2016 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% 21.5% 18% 18% Partners-1 Equity Partners Largest Law Firm Managing Partners % 47.8% Associates-4 Summer Associates-5 1, Black/African-American Associates Lose Ground at Major U.S. Law Firms. National Association for Law Placement, November, Report of the Ninth Annual National Survey on Retention and Promotion of in Law Firms. National Association of Lawyers and NAWL Foundation, October Report of the Ninth Annual National Survey on Retention and Promotion of in Law Firms. National Association of Lawyers and NAWL Foundation, October This figure represents the 25 firms that reported having a single managing partner. 4, Black/African-American Associates Lose Ground at Major U.S. Law Firms. National Association for Law Placement, November, , Black/African-American Associates Lose Ground at Major U.S. Law Firms. National Association for Law Placement, November,

3 in Corporations Fortune 500 General Counsel 24.0% Men 76.0% Fortune General Counsel 19.0% Men 81.0% MCCA s 16 th Annual General Counsel Survey: Minorities and as Legal Chiefs. Minority Corporate Counsel Association, November/December

4 Law School Administration - Deans 31.1% Men 68.9% Association of American Law Schools (January 13, 2016). This represents 183 deans at AALS member schools, three of which have two co-deans each, and includes permanent and interim deans. in Law Schools 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 19,131 (49.3%) 19,651 (50.7%) 58,331 (48.7%) 61,417 (51.3%) 21,043 (47.3%) 23,452 (52.7%) 1st Yr Enrollmt - 1 Total J.D. Enrollmt - 1 J.D.s Awarded - 2 Men 1 Enrollment and Degrees Awarded, Academic Year. American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. 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 46% 38% New York Law School Law Review (NYLS) all law 56% 51% schools not ranked in Top 50 Combined sample (Top 50 & NYLS) 54% 49% Law Review Diversity Report. New York Law School Law Review and Ms. JD, December

5 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) active % Federal District Court Judges (Active) in the 33% 2 U.S. 1 in the Federal Judiciary: Still a Long Way to Go. National s Law Center, March in the Federal Judiciary: Still a Long Way to Go. National s Law Center, November 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. % of % % 11,778 3, % 4,884 1, % 18,006 5, % National Association of Judges. 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 Compensation 5

6 $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 $500 Weekly Salary Men vs. Lawyers $ Men $1,710 $1,748 $1,891 $1,783 $1,875 $1,934 $1,895 $1,884 $2,055 $1,986 $1,915 $1,255 $1,354 $1,333 $1,381 $1,509 $1,449 $1,461 $1,631 $1,636 $1,566 $1,590 lawyers weekly salary as a percentage of male lawyers salary: % 77.5% 70.5% 77.5% 80.5% 74.9% 77.1% 86.6% 79.6% 78.9% 83.0% 2014 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, the typical female equity partner in the 200 largest firms earns 80% of the compensation earned by the typical male partner. This figure represents the 30 firms that provided this data. Report of the Ninth 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 313,122 76, % 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 within the American Bar Association. ABA Commission on in the Profession, April Presidents of the ABA: Paulette Brown ( ) Laurel Bellows ( ) Carolyn B. Lamm ( ) Karen J. Mathis ( ) Martha W. Barnett ( ) Roberta Cooper Ramo ( ) Chairs of the House of Delegates: Patricia Lee Refo ( ) Linda A. Klein ( ) Laurel G. Bellows ( ) Karen J. Mathis ( ) Martha W. Barnett ( ) Secretaries Mary T. Torres (2014-) Cara Lee T. Neville ( ) Bernice B. Donald ( ) Ellen F. Rosenblum ( ) Donna C. Willard-Jones ( ) 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: [email protected] Website: 7