AMLAW Daily
By Ameet Sachdev Tribune reporter
November 4, 2008
Of the 44 Chicago law firms that signed up to increase their number of female partners by at least three percentage points, 11 achieved that goal. Although a 25 percent success rate may not seem significant, female lawyers hailed the increase as a step in achieving professional parity for women. A three-year goal of increasing female partners was set in 2005 by the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women. It challenged firms to promote more women into leadership positions and to review their evaluation and compensation systems to ensure there were no gender biases."There remain a lot of challenges, but every effort like this makes a difference," said E. Lynn Grayson, a Jenner & Block partner and project co-chair. [Full story: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tue-law-notebook-1104nov04,0,1531671.story]
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