Advice To My Younger Self
Laura King is a partner and Clifford Chance’s Global Head of People and Talent. She shares her thoughts on the importance of gender diversity in law firms and legal departments today, and how to achieve it.
There is a wider range of opportunities for women in business than ever before. To maintain and increase the momentum that’s been built over several decades, it’s incumbent on senior leaders across all industries to continue pushing for sustainable improvements.
In the legal sector, we are making progress towards gender equality, but few firms would say they have done enough. A critical component to closing the gender gap is transparency – including annual public reporting that details the progress being made. At Clifford Chance, our goal is to have women make up at least 30 percent of our partnership. As of today, that proportion is 18 percent globally, though with significant variations in regions, with our London office at 22 percent and Asia Pacific at 28 percent. We’re on a path forward but there is still a lot more for us to do.
