These three women pursued law at a time when it was not seen as a woman’s career and they found success. From left, Evalyn Odongo, Sigee Koech and Linda Karimi. Women now outnumber men at the ...

The number of Emirati women in the legal profession is steadily rising‭, ‬yet leadership roles remain elusive‭, ‬according to Maha Bin Hendi‭, ‬founder of Maha Bin Hendi Law Firm‭. ‬ ...

“The big loss we see at the Bar is of women between the ages of 30 and 45 — the child-rearing period,” she said. “So perhaps the most important choice that a young woman lawyer will ...

Marina Angel, professor emerita at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, died Feb. 1 at the age of 80. Angel, a writer, teacher and scholar who was part of the Temple faculty since 1978 ...

Committed to advancing issues and causes relevant to women in the legal profession, the WLAO is an Ontario lawyers’ association for women lawyers in the province. WLAO members can do volunteer work ...

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Law firm King & Spalding has persuaded a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a white, female lawyer who accused the firm of bias over a job program focused on boosting diversity ...

For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s ...

In the series, women in various legal fields and jurisdictions will be interviewed by IBA legal projects director Sara Carnegie and project lawyer Isla Tobin. IBA Secretary-General Deborah Enix-Ross ...

According to the charges: The female lawyer joined the firm in August 2023 as a 26-year-old associate in her first job as an attorney at a law firm. Charters, then 37, supervised her work.

In addition to economic hardship, state pressure on activists and civil society organizations, especially women's rights activists, is also growing. Marzieh Mohebi, a lawyer who founded the NGO ...

Ultimately, if employers do not meaningfully address the unique challenges that have long impeded the retention and advancement of young women lawyers with children, they will lose out in the war for ...

Women make up 56% of lawyers but hold only 34% of equity partner positions. I’ve come to look at International Women’s Day in two ways. It serves as a bleak reminder of the little progress we ...