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Less male, pale and private practice: Surging in-house and female lawyer ranks keep the profession expanding

Less male, pale and private practice: Surging in-house and female lawyer ranks keep the profession expanding
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Legal Business
3 May 2016
DE&IIn-house

The future of the profession looks increasingly female and focused away from the traditional domination of private practice according to the most comprehensive demographic picture of the profession.

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