But in spite of the accomplishments of Sandra Day O’Connor and Elena Kagan and the other panelists, the free-flowing discussion on Thursday afternoon in Washington left the sense that full equality of treatment for women lawyers has not yet been achieved.
Women still have to work “six times harder” said Georgetown University Law Center professor Wendy Williams, and Latham & Watkins partner Maureen Mahoney agreed that to become a top Supreme Court advocate women would still be better off avoiding “alternate tracks” like working part-time.
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