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Perspective

Nov. 29, 2011

Top lawyers list is gender biased

Patricia Sturdevant and Naomi Dewey of California Women Lawyers comment on the "Top 100 Lawyers" list.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

On behalf of California's women lawyers, we write you to point out the gender bias inherent in yet another of the Daily Journal's publications. Your 2011 list of the state's "Top 100 Lawyers" includes only 18 women, overlooking so many leading women that we must question the list's validity and your paper's relevance to today's legal profession.

Women now make up 31 percent of lawyers nationwide and in many law s...

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