As the likes of Slaughter and May get a pat on the back for promoting more women than men to their partnerships, female lawyers at Eversheds probably feel they’ve had a kick in the teeth.
Friday, April 11th, 2008, 16.40
Eversheds female promotions dwindle
As the likes of Slaughter and May get a pat on the back for promoting more women than men to their partnerships, female lawyers at Eversheds probably feel they’ve had a kick in the teeth.
Eversheds matched last year’s record promotion round this year, making 30 associates up to partner, but the proportion of women made up dropped from a third twelve months ago to just 23 per cent.
The difference could be something to do with this year’s focus on growing male-dominated corporate, which saw 13 join the partnership, of whom just two were women.
As discussed in previous posts below, transaction-heavy corporate doesn’t lend itself to a well-rounded work-life balance, which sadly still excludes more women than men. Work/life balance-friendly litigation, by contrast, didn’t feature in this year’s promotions at all.
But as an Eversheds spokesperson was quick to remind us, “overall we still have more female partners than any of the major law firms.”
Next year’s promotion round will need to include more women if that is to remain the case.
Partnership forecast:
Women: overcast
Corporate: sunny
Litigation: cloudy with intermittent sunshine.
Previous Partnership 2008 blogs.
Slaughter and May: ladies, long hours and longevity - Thursday, April 10th
Russell Jones & Walker: More to the core - Tuesday, April 8th
A&O in the Middle East: one new partner, back-up on the way - Monday, April 7th
Clifford Chance: Popham puts his money where his mouth is - Monday, April 7th
Nabarro, Hunton & Hosseini - Friday, April 4th
Addleshaws: managing associates - Friday, April 4th
Nabarro promotions down (under) - Thursday, April 3rd
Hunton & Williams: The London eye - Thursday, April 3rd
The corporate partnership: Superwomen only? - Wednesday, April 2nd
Ashurst promotions: expectation management - Wednesday, April 2nd
Pinsents' Leeds' ladies take the lead - Monday, March 31st
Herbies...continued... - Thursday, March 27th
Herbies shakes things up - Thursday, March 27th
Macfarlanes predicts a good year - Thursday, March 26th
Burges Salmon talks the talk - Wednesday, March 26thTrowers promotions dwindle - Tuesday, March 25th
Wragges' ups the firm's real estate profile - Thursday, March 20th
Olswang's year of change - Thursday, March 20th
Camerons goes East - Wednesday, March 19th
Ince & Co: happy days for men in boats - Tuesday, March 18th
Freshfields refills partnership - Monday, March 17th
