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Michigan State University College of Law

Gender and the Legal Profession’s Pipeline to Power

The glass ceiling may be shattered but the legal profession’s pipeline to power remains elusive for most women. What can be done?

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  • Symposium Highlights

    Click here for a recap of the Pipeline to Power symposium by Pace Law Professor Bridget Crawford, who live-blogged the event.

  • Pipeline to Power: What It Takes

    State Bar of Michigan blog, April 15, 2012
    Featured: MSU Law Pipeline to Power Symposium (organized by Professors Hannah Brenner and Renee Newman Knake)

  • Scope & Purpose

    Today, although women represent one-third of the nation’s highest judicial body, equality has not been achieved. Women lawyers remain significantly underrepresented in major leadership roles, comprise only 6 percent of managing partners in law firms, and hold less than 15 percent of equity partnerships. Fewer than 20 percent of general counsels for Fortune 500 companies, barely 20 percent of law school deans, and only one-third of law review editors-in-chief are women. Continue Reading »

Dean Howarth Talks With Professor Knake About Pipeline to Power Symposium

Contact Information

Brenner-s Hannah Brenner
Lecturer in Law &  Co-Director of the Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession
Knake Renee Newman Knake
Associate Professor of Law &  Co-Director of the Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession

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