women in the law

While women have made some progress in the partner ranks at large law firms, women are lagging at the associate level, The Washington Post reported earlier this week: "Women make up 20.2 percent of partners at major law firms — up from 19.9 percent in 2012 — but the percentage of women associates dipped slightly from 45.1 to 44.8 percent over the same period, according to a report released this month by the National Association for Law Placement, the District-based group that tracks diversity and career advancement issues in the legal industry. It is the fourth year in a row that the ratio of women associates has dropped since it reached a high of 45.7 percent in 2009."