The Project for Attorney Retention, run out of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of the Law, has just released its findings on new female partners at law firms in the U.S.
Surveying 77 law firms, the report found some good news for women at some firms: Crowell & Moring (4 of 7 new partners are women, or 57 percent), DLA Piper (15 of 28, or 54 percent women), Reed Smith (14 of 26, or 54 percent), and Arnold & Porter (2 of 4, or 50 percent).
Less impressive but better than some were a few other firms: Patton Boggs (4 of 9, or 44 percent), Venable (4 of 9, or 44 percent), McDermott Will & Emory (14 of 35, or 40 percent), and Hogan & Hartson (7 of 18, or 39 percent).
And then there were the firms that the project dubbed “seriously lacking behind” — Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (1 of 11 new partners are female, or 9 percent) and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (2 of 15, or 13 percent).
In terms of trend, the report found that Crowell & Moring had named 50 percent female partners for almost all of the past four years, and DLA Piper has had three years of steady increase.
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