Biglaw, Women's Issues

Women Without Support Networks Will Likely Leave Their Law Firms

Women in the legal profession must help other women so they can survive in Biglaw -- and thrive.

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lawyer woman sadTo me, as a female associate at a large law firm, the solution is simple: women need to help other women. If you know another woman has your back, you stay. If you don’t have that support, you leave. Also, giving back to other women when you can is important.

— Rachel Gezerseh, an associate at Jones Day, explaining some of the ways she thinks law firms, especially Biglaw firms, can solve their problems having to do with the retention of female attorneys, in an op-ed published at Big Law Business.

Staci Zaretsky is an editor at Above the Law. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments. Follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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