18. RESEARCH INITIATIVE LOOKS AT THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN LAWYERS OF COLOR

Startling research in the late 1990s by the National Association for Law Placement Foundation suggested that virtually all women lawyers of color working in private practice left their positions at major law firms within eight years.  A more recent study found that from 1998 to 2003 nearly two-thirds left their firms within 55 months of being hired. READ MORE...

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