A recent national survey of law firm partners revealed an astonishing 44 percent gender wage gap between male and female partners. This huge pay differential has been attributed — both by the survey’s author and by many in the media — to origination credit, the measure of how much business partners bring into their firms.
According to the survey, male partners reported 50 percent higher average originations than female partners. But the fact that women report lower origination credit is often the result of gender bias.
HOW BIAS EFFECTS PRACTICE
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