The disparity between men and women at the leadership, partner and GC levels has inspired the Philadelphia Bar Association to adopt Best Practices for the Retention and Promotion of Women Attorneys. The committee that drafted the best practices drew from attorneys from small to large firms, who work in government and who work as in-house corporate counsel. "Women are becoming leaders more and more," says Duane Morris partner Sharon Caffrey. "Keeping that out there as a goal is a benefit to women."
November 02, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
As Maria Feeley addressed the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Board of Governors recently, the co-chairwoman of the bar association’s Women in the Profession Committee compared the adoption of gender equity policies to investing in upgraded computers.
It costs up-front, said Feeley of Pepper Hamilton, but it would be a shortsighted business decision not to make the investment.
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