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Report: Men make it up in large law firms
A job in a large law firm is a dream for some lawyers. But the promotion to the top is rather denied, as an investigation by the Allbright Foundation shows.
According to an investigation by the Allbright Foundation, men dominate the top German large law firms. Women made 16 percent among the partners at the beginning of April, as can be seen from the report “Eyes in the selection of a partner” of the non -profit foundation. It is available to the German Press Agency. The Allbright Foundation, which is committed to women in management positions, has investigated Germany’s 20 -sales law firms.
A partner is a co -owner of a law firm. Large law firms are commonly known for high demands and salaries as well as long working hours.
“The typical law firm is male, is called Christian, is German without a history of migration, her doctorate and always available,” said the foundation.
Foundation demands that law firms should commit to goals
The co-managing director of the Allbright Foundation, Wiebke Ankersen, criticized: in the major law firms, the best lawyers did not make it up. Rather, it is the ones that correspond to male ideas. The time -consuming work culture, which is based on the clients, is also difficult to reconcile with a family life, the report says.
The Allbright Foundation, based in Berlin and Stockholm, calls on major law firms to promote lawyers more than before. Law firms should begin to set quota goals and communicate them to the outside world.
Women’s proportion falls with the hierarchical climb
According to the examination, the proportion of women continues to decrease in the company, the higher the hierarchy level. At the first career level, the proportion of female associates is 47 percent. Among the so-called salary partners and the so-called units are still 37 percent women. After that, the proportion of women falls off, according to the report, which speaks of a “glass ceiling”.
dpa
Source: Stern
