Goal IX Report Card

American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession

Goal IX Report Card

Goal IX of the American Bar Association promotes “the full and equal participation of women, minorities and persons with disabilities” in the legal profession. In 1991, the Commission on Women created the Goal IX Report Card to measure women’s progress throughout the ABA. Based on a self-reporting questionnaire completed by ABA entities, this report offers a statistical overview of women’s participation in leadership positions throughout the various entities of the ABA.

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Highlights of the 2008 report:

Best Practices to Advance Women into Leadership – The Commission for the first time asked Sections, Divisions, and Forums for the one best practice they use and would recommend to other entities to advance women into their leadership ranks. See pages 28-29.
Trend Analysis – The text and charts on pages 14 and 15 illustrate trends in the numbers of women who have been elected to chair ABA entities.
Pipeline – Councils, nominating committees, and committee chairs/vice chairs are important steps along the pathway to entity leadership. The charts on pages 18-20 illustrate the need to develop these opportunities for future leaders.

Historical Data

To further assist you in evaluating your entity’s progress and in comparing statistics with other entities, we have compiled the data presented in all of our Goal IX Report Cards, starting with 1990-91and continuing through the present. View these Excel spreadsheets.