An ABA study finds minority female lawyers face more obstacles than minority men. Forty-four percent of women of color reported being passed over for desirable assignments, compared with 39 percent of white women, 25 percent of men of color and 2 percent of white men. "I thought the numbers would not be good. I didn't know they'd be so startling," says Edwards Angell's Paulette Brown, who co-chaired the study. And while it may be impossible to get rid of prejudices, Brown says firms can change behavior.
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ABA Study Shows Minority Female Lawyers Being Excluded and Harassed
The Minority Law Journal
November 10, 2006
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