How the Billable Hour, Among Other Factors, Pushes Women Out of the Legal Profession
In this week's episode, Elizabeth Manno, partner at Venable and co-chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers research committee, discusses some of the issues attorneys have pointed to that could explain the steady and significant attrition of women from law firms relative to the number of women entering the profession as associates.
August 11, 2023 at 02:11 PM
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Legal Speak PodcastAfter 15 years of surveying Am Law 200 firms, the National Association of Women Lawyers, or NAWL, decided to reach out to individual women attorneys about their lived experiences as part of a so-called "Listening Tour."
In this week's episode, Elizabeth Manno, partner at Venable and co-chair of NAWL's research committee, discusses some of the issues attorneys pointed to that could explain the steady and significant attrition of women from law firms relative to the number of women entering the profession as associates.
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