Dozen major law firms had new partnership classes with 50% or more women for at least 4 years

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Dozen main regulation companies had new partnership lessons with 50% or extra girls for not less than 4 years

By Debra Cassens Weiss

October 31, 2024, 11:27 am CDT

Feminine attorneys made up not less than half of latest companion promotions in 82 main regulation companies this yr, in accordance with the Variety & Flexibility Alliance.

The 82 companies are “tipping the scales” towards gender parity, the Variety & Flexibility Alliance—a consulting and membership group serving to companies optimize variety, fairness and inclusion, versatile work environments and well-being—mentioned in an Oct. 29 press launch.

The group checked out public data for 196 companies to find out gender breakdowns in new companion lessons in america and globally. The “tipping the scales” companies had 50% or extra girls in new companion lessons in complete or in america, in accordance with an infographic.

A number of companies on the record had 50% or extra girls of their new companion lessons for a number of years. They’re:

  • Six years: Davis Wright Tremaine

  • 5 years: Epstein Becker & Inexperienced; Jackson Lewis; Littler Mendelson; Miller & Chevalier

  • 4 years: Boies Schiller Flexner; Debevoise & Plimpton; Dechert; Jenner & Block; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Wiley Rein

Though extra companies are reaching gender parity in new companion lessons, there may be an total decline in feminine illustration in new companion lessons, mentioned Manar Morales, president and CEO of the Variety & Flexibility Alliance, within the press launch.

General, 41.6% of U.S.-based new companions at 196 main companies had been girls this yr. Final yr, the proportion was 43.7%.

The decline “is a stark reminder that progress isn’t inevitable—it requires intentional motion,” Morales mentioned.

Right here is the whole record of 82 companies that included 50% or extra girls of their new companion lessons:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Armstrong Teasdale
Arnall Golden Gregory
Baker McKenzie
Baker Botts
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
Baker & Hostetler
Ballard Spahr
Barnes & Thornburg
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff
Beveridge & Diamond
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Value & Axelrod
Clean Rome
Boies Schiller Flexner
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Burns & Levinson
Burr & Forman
Chapman and Cutler
Cooley
Cox, Fortress & Nicholson
Cozen O’Connor
Davis Wright Tremaine
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
Dickinson Wright
Dinsmore & Shohl
Duane Morris
Dykema Gossett
Eversheds Sutherland
Epstein Becker & Inexperienced
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Fredrikson & Byron
Goldberg Segalla
Gordon Feinblatt
Goulston & Storrs
Greenspoon Marder
Herrick, Feinstein
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
Husch Blackwell
Ice Miller
Irell & Manella
Jackson Lewis
Jenner & Block
Kelley Drye & Warren
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Lane Powell
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie Lewis Roca
Littler Mendelson
McCarter & English
McDermott Will & EmeryMcDermott
Miller & Chevalier
Moore & Van Allen
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Morris, Manning & Martin
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Nixon Peabody
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Polsinelli
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
Pryor Cashman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Robins Kaplan
Ropes & Grey
Saul Ewing
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Sidley Austin
Snell & Wilmer
Susman Godfrey
Thompson Hine
Tucker Ellis
Venable
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Wiley Rein
Williams & Connolly
Williams Mullen