Women dominate new partner classes at elite firms
Ball pits no more! Major props to Watchell, Cleary, and King & Spalding for trying to elevate the female to male ratio.
After all the depressing stuff I've been reporting about women lately, I'm relieved that I can finally tell you something positive. At several firms this year (see related post on Debevoise & Plimpton), women made up the majority of new partners! So far, these firms include:
-- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (four women out of seven new partners);
-- King & Spalding (five out of eight); and
-- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (two out of three).
Okay, two out of three might be a fluke, but it's noteworthy because we're talking about über-elite, über-macho Wachtell, Lipton, which has always had pathetic stats on women partners. (As Wachtell alum David Lat at Above the Law points out, there are only six female partners out of a total of 78, not counting the two new additions). One of the new partners, corporate lawyer Karessa Cain (sounds like a reality show star, no?), made partner in only six years! Man, her time sheets must be a sight to behold.
Legallyblonde and the rest of the girls here, do you see this as a trend?





Wow! That's awesome. But is
Wow! That's awesome. But is it necessarily that the firms are actively trying to improve their ratios? (Seems to imply it's not based on merit) . . .
legallyblonde wrote: Wow!
Wow! That's awesome. But is it necessarily that the firms are actively trying to improve their ratios? (Seems to imply it's not based on merit) . . .
Exploit the hell out of these types of programs, they eventually all end. Just watch what happens to affirmative action in the next few decades. The point is to reduce the legacy disparity, not create an artificial incentive system. Once the legacy equalizes or an equalibrium is reached...the programs are terminated.
Get while the gettin's good...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaYR5lwzomE
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