Three years after a New York State Bar Association study raised the alarm about under-representation of female attorneys in courtrooms, progress has been incremental, according to a new study released Thursday.

The study, which is based on questionnaires from state and federal judges across New York who documented the gender of lawyers who spoke and appeared before them during a four-month period, found that 25.3% of attorneys in lead counsel roles in 2020 were women, compared with 24.7% in 2017.

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