Making Partner

Biglaw

So You Want to Make Partner? Expect a Long Wait — and a Sausage Fest Once You Get There

The American Lawyer just published a wonderful study about making partner at the top Biglaw firms. The publication analyzed all of the new partner hires at 97 of the Am Law 100 firms. Here are the top-line results: Only one third of new partners were women, and the average wait for partnership was 10.5 years. Oh, and there's a chart that shows which firms were really hostile toward making new female partners....