It’s time for another edition of news you shouldn’t miss. This week, we’re covering my favorite topic: the sexes .
• Think female lawyers have it rough in the U.S.? It could be worse. The Lawyer reports on the gender pay gap in the United Kingdom: “Female lawyers receive just 68 percent of male lawyers’ total remuneration, while the average bonus given to a woman equals just half that of men’s bonuses, research by recruiter Laurence Simons has revealed.” According to the American Bar Association, U.S. female lawyers overall make 86.6 percent of what male lawyers earn. So aren’t you proud to be a female lawyer in America where the pay gap is so much more progressive?
