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Largest ever survey on gender inequality in legal profession

14/3/2018

 
The largest international survey of women in the law has been released by the Law Society of England and Wales, shedding light on the road to gender equality in the legal profession.

“People working in law across the world have spoken out about the challenges the profession faces in achieving gender equality,” said Law Society vice president Christina Blacklaws.

“I am a passionate believer in equality. Where there is inequality, I will not flinch from tackling it. I know I’m not alone in this - justice, fairness and the rule of law are what drew most of us to the legal profession. Unconscious bias in the legal profession was the most commonly identified barrier to career progression for women, while flexible working was seen as a remedy by an overwhelming 91% of respondents to our survey.

Interestingly while half of all respondents said they thought there had been progress on gender equality over the last five years there was a significant difference in perception by gender with 74% of men reporting progress in gender equality compared to only 48% of women.”

PADLS strongly echoes the views of Christina Blacklaws. In particular, we are delighted to currently have our youngest female President, Kirstie Goulder, leading our society. Kirstie has been working closely with Christina to support her Women in the Law project and research.

Key figures:
 
  • 7,781 people responded to the Law Society’s Women in the Law survey
(5,758 women, 554 men and 1,469 unknown or other)
  • 74% of men and 48% of women reported progress on gender equality in the last 5 years
(overall 50%)
  • Main barriers to career progression perceived as:
- Unconscious bias (52%)
However, only 11% said unconscious bias training is consistently carried out in their organisation
- Unacceptable work/life balance demanded to reach senior levels (49%)
- Traditional networks/routes to promotion are male orientated (46%)
- Current resistance to flexible working practices (41%)
  • 91% of respondents said flexible working is critical to improving diversity
- 52% work in an organisation where flexible working is in place
  • 60% are aware of gender pay gap in their place of work
- Only 16% see visible steps taken to address gender pay gap
 
Christina Blacklaws concluded: “With our women in leadership programme, the Law Society is committed to giving women and men in law the tools to make positive changes towards gender equality.

“Every law firm, lawyer and client will benefit from greater equality in our places of work. I believe the justice system will also be stronger if the legal professions better reflects the values we uphold.”
 

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