Education

  • In the 2012-2013 academic year, women made up 47.0% of J.D. students.12
  • In the 2012-2013 academic year, people of color made up 25.8% of J.D. students.13
  • In 2009, women were only 20.6% of law school deans.14

The Gender Gap in Law

  • In 2014, women made up 32.9% of all lawyers. 15
  • Women were 44.8% of associates in 2013.16

Women were 38% of all of counsels.17
Given the same rate of change, Catalyst estimates that it will take more than a woman lawyer’s lifetime to achieve...

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