A study highlighted by another American Bar Association report, 2020 Profile Of The Legal Profession before the pandemic hit, found senior women attorneys leaving the law at a rapid rate when they should be in their prime.
Add to that the effects of the pandemic recession, and we can surmise that:
● Law firms risk losing women at all levels and at greater rates
● The glass ceiling in law is now being reinforced by social expectations around childcare to make the glass ceiling even thicker and harder to break-through
● Women of color who are more likely to be the sole-breadwinners and financially (or otherwise) responsible for extended family members will be even more negatively impacted
● We are at a critical crossroads in an intensifying female recession.
The Answer?
People often ask me why their law practice is stalled due to the pandemic, and yet other folks are doing their best months.
The answer to that question is this.
If there were flaws in a system before a crisis, you can bet that they will show up big-time during a crisis. Because a crisis magnifies the elements that can otherwise remain in the shadows.
However, if the system is sound, its integrity shows its value during a crisis.
Those who take the crisis as a jolt to find ways to improve how they do things will not just get through but achieve a breakthrough.
Challenges are tough when they come along and can leave one feeling lost and helpless. The trick is to find the hacks that will blast the shadows out of your practice to achieve your best months yet and your own breakthrough, even in a pandemic.
This enables us to accept what is, let go of what was and build something better!
