Below are additional resources relevant to the issue of gender equality.
View statistics compiled by both the ABA Commission on Women and other sources.
- Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment is the 'law of the land" - January 17, 2025
- Women Leaders - The panel discussed the unique qualifications and skill sets that women in the legal profession possess (revenue management, regulatory oversight, organizational leadership) and how recognizing and leveraging these qualities can create a more successful organization. - Non-CLE, October 16, 2024
- DEI Success Toolkit - Members of the ABA’s Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Council developed this Toolkit to assist private employers in implementing the recommendations and guidance applicable to corporations. - February 5, 2024
- 2024 Report | Latinos in the United States: Overcoming Legal Obstacles, Engaging in Civic Life
- Statement of ABA President Reginald Turner Re: Reproductive choice and the Dobbs decision - June 24, 2022
- Gender Gap Research Among Appellate Attorneys - 2021
- 10 Accounts of Women Who Left Big Law to Run Their Own Firms (Bloomberg Law) - September 19, 2017
- 2011 Diversity Benchmarking Study: A Report to Signatory Law Firms (New York City Bar Association) - October, 2012 (PDF)
- ABA Diversity Speakers Bureau
- ABA Women Rainmakers
- Attrition of Senior Women Lawyers: The Leaky Pipeline (Philadelphia Bar Association) - February, 2009 (report) (PDF)
- Banking on Diversity: Diversity and Inclusion as Profit Drivers-The Business Case for Diversity (Sheryl L. Axelrod) - June 12, 2014
- Breaking Chains to Build New Links - Small and Mid-Sized Law Firms (Ms. JD) - August 31, 2010
- The Business Case for Diversity: Reality or Wishful Thinking? (Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession) - April, 2011
- A Call to Action Canada
- Center for Women in Law
- Closing the Gap: A Road Map for Achieving Gender Pay Equity in Law Firm Partner Compensation (ABA Task Force on Gender Equity) - August, 2013 (PDF)
- Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law Firms
- Corporate Counsel Women of Color
- Creating Pathways to Success: Advancing and Retaining Women in Today's Law Firms (Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia) - May, 2006 (report) (PDF)
- DirectWomen
- DirectWomen Article in NY Times - Female Lawyers Set Sights on Yet One More Goal: A Seat on a Board (April 6, 2007)
- Diversity of the Federal Bench (American Constitution Society)
- The Double-Bind Dilemma for Women in Leadership: Damned if You Do, Doomed if You Don't (Catalyst) - July, 2007 (report) (PDF)
- Gender Disparities at Harvard Law School (Harvard Law Record) - 2016
- Implicit Bias Task Force (ABA Section of Litigation)
- Increasing Gender Diversity on the Boards of Nonprofit Eds and Meds: Why and How to Do It (Nonprofit Issues, Women's Nonprofit Leadership Initiative; 2020)
- The Intricate Associations between Diversity and Law Student Engagement (Law Professors blog) March 2015
- Lack of Self-Promotion Hurts Women in Large Firms (AmLaw Daily - July 7, 2009)
- Latinas Will Wait Two More Centuries for Equal Pay at Current Rate (Institute for Women's Policy Research)
- Law Firms Expanded Diversity Efforts (BigLaw Business)
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association
- Ms. JD
- Ms. JD Library (Reports and Publications)
- National Association for Law Placement
- National Association of Women Judges
- National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)
- National Association of Women Lawyers 2017 Annual Survey Report on the Promotion and Retention of Women in Law Firms - September, 2017 (PDF)
- National Conference of Women's Bar Associations
- National Legal Network Formed to Combat Sex Bias (Chicago Daily Law Bulletin) - October 11, 2017
- National Organization for Women
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- The New Girls' Network
- Podcast of presentation by Bobbi Liebenberg (ABA Commission on Women in the Profession) and Veta Richardson (MCCA) - Philadelphia Bar Association Women in the Profession program - July 27, 2010 (scroll about three-fourths of the way down; podcast opens in a media player)
- New York City Bar Benchmarking Reports - Reprinted with the permission of the New York City Bar Association.
- Nothing Personal (Patricia Gillette - December 8, 2009)
- OnRamp Fellowship
- Part-Time Partners Pull Their Weight (AmLaw Daily)
- The Power Look -- White Males Only? (The Careerist - October 26, 2010)
- Power of the Purse: How General Counsel Can Impact Pay Equity for Women Lawyers (ABA Task Force on Gender Equity) - August, 2013 (PDF)
- Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc. (PALS)
- Recommendation and Report to ABA House of Delegates on Pay Discrimination - ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, and the Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice (submitted to and passed by the House in August, 2007) (PDF)
- Recommendation and Report to ABA House of Delegates on Paycheck Fairness - ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and other sponsors (submitted to and passed by the House in February, 2010) (PDF)
- Report to the ABA House of Delegates - ABA Commission on Women in the Profession (submitted to the House in June, 1988) (PDF)
- Report to the ABA House of Delegates re Gender Neutral Language - ABA Section of Tort and Insurance Practice and ABA Commission on Women in the Profession (adopted by the House on February 6, 1989)
- Representation of Women Among Associates Continues to Fall, Even as Minority Associates Make Gains (National Association of Law Professionals) - December 13, 2012 (PDF)
- Resolution and Report to ABA House of Delegates on Diversity of Public Company Boards - ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and other sponsors (submitted to and passed by the House in February, 2016) (PDF)
- Resolution and Report to the ABA House of Delegates Urging Bar Admission Authorities to Adopt Rules to Accommodate the Unique Issues Confronting Military Spouse Attorneys - ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and other sponsors (submitted to and passed by the House in February, 2012)
- Retaining and Advancing Women in National Law Firms (Stanford Law School Women in Law Policy Law Practicum - May 2016) (PDF)
- Seeking a Just Balance: Law Students Weigh in on Work and Family (a Better Balance) - June 2008
- Seven Years into a Lawyer's Career (American Bar Foundation) - Spring, 2009 (report) (PDF)
- The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap (American Association of University Women (AAUW)) - 2011 (report) (PDF)
- Statistical Evidence on the Gender Gap in Law Firm Partner Compensation (Marina Angel et al.) - September 9, 2010 (report)
- Strategic Plans Resource (National Conference of Women's Bar Associations)
- Superwomen JDs And What You Can Learn from Them: Featuring Roberta Liebenberg of Philadelphia, PA (Ms. JD) - February, 2009
- Toolkit for Gender Equity in Partner Compensation (ABA Task Force on Gender Equity) - August, 2013
- Vying for Lead in the "Boys' Club": Understanding the Gender Gap in Multidistrict Litigation Leadership Appointments (Temple University Beasley School of Law) - March, 2017 (report) (PDF)
- Want Better Outcomes? Take a Hammer to Your Company's Glass Ceiling (Pepperdine Graduate School of Education & Psychology) - October, 2017
- What Happens Before? A Field Experiment Exploring How Pay and Representation Differentially Shape Bias on the Pathway into Organizations - April, 2014
- What You Need to Know about Negotiating Compensation (ABA Task Force on Gender Equity) - August, 2013 (PDF)
- Why Women Leave Big Law to Start Their Own Firms (Bloomberg Law) - September 19, 2017
- Women in Law in the U.S. (Catalyst Inc.) - April, 2012 (PDF)
- Women in Law White Paper (Stanford University) May 2016
- Women in the Profession: Findings from the First Wave of the After the JD Study (2007) (PDF)
- Women of Color in U.S. Law Firms (Catalyst) - July, 2009 (report)
- Women on Law Review: A Gender Diversity Report (Ms. JD) - August 23, 2010 (report)
- Women "Take Care," Men "Take Charge:" Stereotyping of U.S. Business Leaders Exposed (Catalyst) - October, 2005 (report) (PDF)
- Women's Competition Network