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Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms presents the findings of survey and focus group research and concludes with specific recommendations for law firms interested in retaining women of color.

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1988 Report to the House of Delegates - download PDF at no cost

Balanced Lives: Changing the Culture of the Legal Practice

The Burdens of Both, The Privileges of Neither

Charting Our Progress: The Status of Women in the Profession Today - download PDF at no cost

Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters: Words of Wisdom from Multicultural Attorneys Who've Been There and Done That

Directory of Associations for Women Lawyers (online format - no cost)

Directory of Associations for Women Lawyers 2005-2006 (hard copy; saddle-stitch)

Don't Just Hear It Through the Grapevine: Studying Gender Questions at Your Law School

Empowerment and Leadership: Tried and True Methods for Women Lawyers

Fair Measure: Toward Effective Attorney Evaluations

Legal Progeny: A Guide to Providing Child Care Benefits for Legal Employers, Lawyers & Bar Associations

Sex-Based Harassment: Workplace Policies for the Legal Profession, Second Edition

The Unfinished Agenda: Women in the Legal Profession

Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms

Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms - Executive Summary - download PDF at no cost

Walking the Talk: Creating a Law Firm Culture Where Women Succeed

ABA Legal Guide for Women

The Best of Both Worlds: Strategies for Balancing the Home Court and the Trial Court

Directory of Minority Judges of the United States, Third Edition

Estate Planning for Same Sex Couples

How to Market Effectively to In-House Counsel

Keeping Good Lawyers: Best Practices to Create Career Satisfaction

The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work, Second Edition

Raindance: Rainmaking Skills for Women Lawyers

Raising the Bar: Diversity and Retention in the Legal Profession

Succeeding As a Woman Advocate

The Successful Lawyer

Valuing Diversity: Law Firms and Leadership in the 21st Century

The Woman Advocate

Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathways to Success

Women Rainmakers' Best Marketing Tips, Second Edition

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Effective Strategies for Business Development

Stepping Up: Rising to the Lead Lawyer

Strategic Planning for Law Firms: Defining, Setting and Achieving Your Firm’s Goals

Women's Initiative: Building a Collective Voice

Charting Our Progress: The Status of Women in the Profession Today (PDF)
This summary of testimony presented to and data collected by the ABA Commission on Women at hearings held in 2003 provides another marker in the progress of women in the profession. Both the hard data and anecdotal testimony reveal some incremental advances in the status and leadership positions held by women lawyers in the United States but also reinforce the need to continue the work of the Commission in the future.

A Current Glance at Women in the Law 2006 (PDF)
These current statistics reflect women's status in the legal profession.

Goal IX Report Card (PDF)
This annual report card provides detailed statistics on women involvement in the ABA and measures women's progress in attaining leadership positions within the ABA.

Supplement to The Burdens of Both, The Privilegs of Neither: A Report on the Experiences of Native American Women Lawyers (PDF)
This report of MWAN (the ABA Multicultural Women Attorneys Network), the Native American Bar Association, and the Indian Law Section of the ABA is based upon a 1998 survey of Native American Women Lawyers.

Ten Steps to Protecting the Legal Rights of Breast Cancer Patients
This pamphlet prepared by the Commission informs breast cancer patients about possible issues concerning their legal rights can be viewed on the Commission web site.

Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms - Executive Summary (PDF)
The Commission on Women embarked upon a research initiative to fully examine advancement and retention issues among women attorneys of color. This executive summary provides highlights from the final report, which presents the findings of the survey and focus group research and concludes with specific recommendations for law firms interested in retaining women of color.