According to Law360’s 2017 Glass Ceiling Report, women make up around one-third of the attorneys in private legal practice. Among the law firms surveyed, just below 23% of partners are female.
At Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg, 61% of its employees are women. Globally, 40% of the firm’s 80 recent partner promotions were women – a market-leading number for any law firm.
Jen Stolp, Partner in the Banking & Finance Practice in the Johannesburg office explains; “Baker McKenzie has progressive policies with regards to gender diversity and inclusion and this is revealed in the amount of successful female lawyers working for the firm.
“Workplace policies play a major role in ensuring that men and women are treated equally. For example, policies around parental leave should ensure that both genders are given the opportunity to choose how they will approach this and who will stay home with the children. It’s those companies that are adopting a more flexible approach that are providing women with the most opportunity to progress,” says Stolp.
This story is from the August-September 2017 edition of Forbes Woman Africa.
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