T14 Law School Elects All-Female Executive Board
Proving that women can be gunners too.
Speaking of the constant struggle, this is the closest available stock image to “women running law reviews.”
The struggle to improve representation across the legal profession is a constant struggle. Sometimes it’s hard for lawyers to understand that. For a profession founded upon both the unwavering faith in an abstract concept of ever-prevailing justice and the overriding self-confidence that every move a lawyer makes is ultimately “right” if he or she just has enough time to explain themselves, it’s difficult for lawyers to accept that there’s probably never going to be an endpoint. Taking measures to rebalance the scales to fend off the explicit and implicit barriers thrown up along the way is an obligation that never ends.
And while we’ve had good news over the years with all-women partnership classes, we’ve also seen some absolutely insane compensation gaps between male and female equity partners. It’s always a mixed bag, which is why it’s so important to celebrate successes as they come.
Congratulations to the newly elected executive board of the Cornell Law Review, the first all-female executive board in the publication’s history. Indeed — and confirming this is a more time-consuming research task than the humble Above the Law crew could handle — we assume this is the first all-female executive board for a T14 law review… ever. The hive mind out there will have to let us know if we missed someone, but this feels accurate.
For those out there ready to bemoan an all-female executive board as an affront to equality by locking out men for one year, it’s worth remembering that the T14 schools with all-male executive boards include… all of them for about a hundred years. Maybe get over it.
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.
