Women Attorneys Are Still Battling the Gender Divide
As an over-achiever from an early age, and a first-generation college graduate and law school graduate, I was confident that I "could have it all" provided I worked hard enough.
August 10, 2021 at 11:12 AM
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Gender DiversityI read a recent article in the ABA Journal by Susan Blakey, "Are women lawyers paying enough attention to upward mobility?" This article brought me back to the time when I started my professional life and believed I had to choose between a career and a family. It was a period of disillusionment for me as an attorney and young mother. I had hoped we as a profession had moved long past those antiquated notions where women were penalized for having children.
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