Amid all of the stories regularly headlining the news, including “Women Lawyers Continue to Lag Behind Male Colleagues,”1 “Male Partners Make 44 Percent More Than Women, Survey Shows,”2 “Is Origination to Blame for Women Partners’ Lower Pay?”3 and “Women Law Students Say Pay Disparity Is Systemic Problem,”4 what are women doing and what can they, their firms, clients, and the courts do to change those headlines?
From Female Bar Leaders
The former chairs of the New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section began a Women’s Initiative for the section to bring the next generation of women into the section, the profession and into leadership positions. At its Annual Meeting this past January, it held a panel of the female former chairs of the Section. As former chair Lauren Wachtler, a partner with Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, noted, the former chairs wanted to take a positive approach by “focusing on mentoring, creating opportunities for upcoming women in the section and the profession and showing them that with the right tools, they can succeed.” The section has continued its efforts with a number of follow-up programs and activities, most notably the upcoming trial practice CLE. Planned by the women former section chairs and geared toward junior attorneys, the event will feature experienced women trial lawyers, including former section chairs and competitively selected junior attorneys, followed by a discussion among the presenters where they will share their trial strategy, advice, and insights. The group will also share the ongoing informal survey of state and federal courts and ADR programs to gather data about lead roles and appearances by women attorneys. See “Study to Track Female Lead Counsel in NY Courts, Arbitration,” NYLJ, (Sept. 29, 2016).
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