Law Practice,
Law Office Management
Oct. 24, 2018
Mansfield Rule is a start, but law firms must do more
While the Mansfield Rule and Mansfield 2.0 may address some of the concerns about unequal treatment of women in the legal professional, law firms should go further and embrace the new ideas and perspectives that women will bring.
Cheryl Stephanie Chang
Partner
Blank Rome LLP
2029 Century Park East
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone: (424) 239-3400
Email: Chang@BlankRome.com
Law firms need to take an inward look at how to address unequal treatment among male and female attorneys, which remains an on-going industry-wide issue. Tellingly, a 2016 study conducted by the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco on behalf of the ABA Commission on Women in the Legal Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association reports that efforts to advance female and diverse attorneys h...
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