Check out: The Wall Street Journal law blog article: Women in BigLaw Pounding Against the Glass Ceiling? http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/11/17/women-in-biglaw-pounding-against-the-glass-ceiling/
Although I'm disturbed by the statistics (provided by the National Association of Women Lawyers surveying large corporate defense firms a.k.a "BigLaw") that "48% of first and second-year associates are women" but only "27% of non-equity partners and less than 16% of equity partners are women." And worse still: "There is also a considerable pay gap. At 99% of the firms, the top-paid partner is a man; on average, male equity partners earn more than $87,000 annually than female equity partners." I am more disturbed by the comments following the article justifying the gaps in pay and promotion by pointing to flex-time and pro-family policies. Bottom line being that some people think that parents can't cut it in "BigLaw" and that it is perceived to be acceptable to withhold promotions and pay from lawyers who take time for family.
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