Women Leaving the Law (Elimination of Bias MCLE)

This event originally aired on January 13th, 2023.

A presentation about women leaving the legal profession and what firms can do to improve retention.

About the Program

In July 2022, the competitive intelligence firm Leopard Solutions released a report about women leaving the law. That report revealed that although women are joining top law firms in greater numbers than men, those numbers begin to change over time as women leave big law firms or leave the profession entirely. This presentation will discuss the key findings of that report, the barriers that women still face in the legal profession, and the things that firms can do to improve retention.

About the Speaker

Laura Leopard is Founder and CEO of Leopard Solutions, the largest and most accurate law firm data platform serving the legal industry with actionable intelligence and insights on over 4,200 law firms worldwide and 7,000 US corporate legal departments. Laura has spearheaded Leopard Solutions' growth and development over the company's 18-year history and continues to push the envelope designing new systems and data points for its expanding client base. She began her career as an actress in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, and moved to New York to pursue greater opportunities. Laura keeps her hand in the "acting game," performing with yet another successful entrepreneurial venture, Gotham Radio Theatre, which she founded in 2010. Law 360 recently featured Laura discussing the future of legal data. As the article notes, in 2002, Laura created a tool to track legal job candidate data. Nearly 20 years later, Leopard Solutions is one of the leading online databases that tracks law firms, legal professionals and attorney job hiring data.

The San Diego Law Library is a State Bar of California licensed MCLE provider. Viewing this class provides 1 Hour of Elimination of Bias self-study credit. Provider Information: San Diego County Public Law Library, Provider #11786.

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The information offered in this short video has been provided as a public service and is intended to provide basic information. This is not legal advice and is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship. The views expressed in this video belong to the speaker and are not a representation of the San Diego Law Library.