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Gender Equity Is Part of DRI's DNA

By Emily G. Coughlin
May 01, 2021

In the legal community, women are still struggling to achieve equity with their male counterparts. This industry is rife with obstacles, and despite the fact that women are making up an increasingly larger share of equity and nonequity partner positions, statistics from the Census Bureau still show that male lawyers earn more than female lawyers in every age group and earnings percentile.

As the fourth woman President of DRI, The Voice of the Defense Bar and premier national organization of civil defense lawyers with nearly 20,000 members, I'm proud to say that we're leading the way for women to take hold of leadership positions, setting the standard for other industry organizations to follow suit.

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Women In the Law Committee

Almost 20 years ago, Sheryl J. Willert was the first woman and woman of color to serve as President of DRI. In 2010, DRI created its Women in the Law Committee to confront the challenges women face working in the legal field. Since the range of issues encompassed within race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender diversity, age and disability are so broad and historically complicated, a separate effort specific to women is needed to address those particular issues. The Women in the Law Committee is intended to complement DRI's Diversity and Inclusion Committee by promoting separate but distinct goals while fostering collaboration on issues of shared concern.

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