Law Practice
Jan. 7, 2017
How young lawyers can take first chair
A recent study concluded that women appear in civil trials less often than men, and when they do appear, are far less likely to appear as first chair. By Michael Panter
A recent report from the American Bar Association's Commission on Women and the American Bar Foundation confirmed what most of already sensed. In a study of trials and trial lawyers in the Northern District of Illinois, researchers concluded that women appear in civil trials less often than men, and when they do appear, are far less likely to appear as first chair.
Which was news to exactly none of us out here in ...
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