Women in the Law Conference Materials

• So You Want to Hire an Equity Consultant: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations
• Gender Diversity Best Practices, ALM Intelligence Checklist.
• State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court Amendment to the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct, Effective June 1, 2019.
• Best Practices in Women’s Initiatives: What Your WomenWant and Need, Professional Development Institute Presentation.
• The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change, A Report from the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being.
• First Chairs at Trial More Women Need Seats at the Table, A Research Report on the Participation of Women Lawyers as Lead Counsel and Trial Counsel in Litigation.
• The Grit Project Program Toolkit, Compiled by the American Bar Association
• Statistics from the ABA Commission on Women, Curated by the American Bar Association
• LawSites by Robert Ambrogi, Tracking new and intriguing websites and products for the legal profession
• Women in the Workplace 2016, A comprehensive study of the state of women in corporate America. The study is part of a long-term partnership between LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company to encourage female leadership and foster gender equality in the workplace
• Negotiate Your Way to Success: Best Practices for Women Rainmakers Facilitators’ Guide, ABA Women Rainmakers Spring 2014 Local Programming, co-sponsored by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and the ABA Task Force on Gender Equity
• What You Need to Know about Negotiating Compensation, Presented by the ABA Presidential Task Force on Gender Equity and the Commission on Women in the Profession
• Gender Equity Task Force Publications, Publications from the ABA Presidential Task Force on Gender Equity

• “Walking Out The Door: The Facts, Figures, and Future of Experienced Women Lawyers in Private Practice,” American Bar Association (2019).
• “How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams,” Harvard Business Review (November-December 2019 Issue).
• “Women Did Everything Right. Then Work Got "Greedy.' How America’s Obsession With Long Hours has Widened the Gender Gap.’” The New York Times (April 26, 2019).
• “Women in Law: Learning From the Legal Pioneers,” Solicitors Journal (April 16, 2019).
• “Mindfulness and Wellbeing,” Trial Magazine (March 2018).
• “13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do, According to a Psychotherapist and Best-Selling Author,” CNBC (January 23, 2019).
• “‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Finds a New Home: At the New York Stock Exchange,” The New York Times (December 10, 2018).
• “Lawyers Say They Face Persistent Racial and Gender Bias at Work,” The New York Times (September 6, 2018).
• “A Motto for Your Career: Fear Less and Think High,” MCAA Rising Stars 2018 (Fall 2018).
• “Closing the Gender Gap in a Time of #MeToo,” Diversity Dashboard (August 24, 2018).
• “How the BBC Women Are Working Toward Equal Pay,” The New York Times (July 23, 2018).
• “Why Women Need Mid-Career Mentors,” CNN Money (July 3, 2018).
• “Change Requires the Courage to Act,” Northeastern News (May 21, 2018).
• “Court: Women Can't Be Paid Less Than Men Based on Past Wages,” Higher Ed Jobs (April 13, 2018).
• “Women Can't Have Prior Salaries Used Against Them, Court Says In Equal Pay Case,” NPR's The Two Way (April 10, 2018).
• “Gender Pay Gap Runs Deep at Big, Global Companies, U.K. Data Suggest,” Wall Street Journal (April 3, 2018).
• “Seven Ways I’ve Learned From Other Women To Fight Imposter Syndrome,” Fast Company (March 25, 2018).
• “Picture a Leader. Is She a Woman?,” The New York Times (March 16, 2018).
• “Getting Back in the Game,” WellesleyWeston Magazine (Fall 2017).
• “Four Ways Women Can Overcome Imposter Syndrome,” Forbes Magazine (January 30, 2018).
• Video: “Boston Trains Women to Negotiate in an Effort to Close the Wage Gap,” PBS News Hour (January 6, 2018).
• “After 50, Women Struggle to Find a Foothold at Work,” The Wall Street Journal (October 10, 2017).
• “The Gender Pay Gap Is Largely Because of Motherhood,” The New York Times (May 13, 2017).
• “Making it Rain: Top Three Tips for Becoming a Successful Rainmaker,” Law Practice Today (April 14, 2017).
• “Smashing the Glass Ceiling: Women in the Law,” The Huffington Post (May 28, 2016).
• “Pay Equity Push in Massachusetts Gains a Surprising Ally,” Women's eNews (April 16, 2016).
• “Does Attorney Gender Matter To Jurors?,” DOAR Blog Post (March 31, 2016).
• “Study Shows How Much Work It Takes to Be Supreme Court’s Friend,”The New York Times (March 7, 2016).
• “Over 50, Female and Jobless Even as Others Return to Work,” The New York Times (January 1, 2016).
• “In Mass. Big Firms, Women Largely Absent From Executive Positions,” MetroWest Daily News (November 21, 2015).
• “Women Start out as Ambitious as Men but It Erodes Over Time, Says Researcher,” The Guardian (November 19, 2015).
• “Massachusetts Needs Women Business Leaders,” Worcester Business Journal Online (November 9, 2015).
• Gender is a good starting place for solving Silicon Valley’s diversity problem, Pinterest engineer says,” Bizwomen (September 23, 2015).
• “EXCLUSIVE: If women want to get rich, they need to own their businesses, survey shows,”Bizwomen, (September 23, 2015).
• “Gaps in Earnings Stand Out in Release of College Data,” The New York Times (September 13, 2015).
• “What your company’s telecommuting policy has to do with your kids’ futures,” Boston.com (September 10, 2015).
• “Law is the least diverse profession in the nation. And lawyers aren’t doing enough to change that,” The Washington Post (May 17, 2015).
• “Kevin O'Leary of 'Shark Tank' invests in 27 companies and says the only ones making money have female CEOs,” Business Insider UK (May 11, 2015).
• “How Some Men Fake an 80-Hour Workweek, and Why It Matters,” The New York Times (May 4, 2015).
• “After the JD: The Beginning of a Longitudinal Study,” American Bar Foundation.
• “A Woman-Led Law Firm That Lets Partners Be Parents,” The New York Times (May 1, 2015).
• “Some Companies Fight Pay Gap By Eliminating Salary Negotiations,” NPR (April 23, 2015).
• “Welcome to Your First Year as a Lawyer. Your Salary Is $160,000,” The New York Times (April 16, 2015).
• “Editorial: Gender Wage Gap Hurts Everyone,” MetroWest Daily News (April 12, 2015).
• “Female Company President: "I'm Sorry to All The Mothers I worked With,”  Fortune (March 3, 2015).
• “Women with $6 Million in Business Are Closing Pay Gap,” The American Lawyer (February 10, 2015).
• “Madam C.E.O., Get Me a Coffee: Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Women Doing ‘Office Housework,’” The New York Times (February 6, 2015).
• “Speaking While Female: Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Why Women Stay Quiet at Work,” The New York Times (January 12, 2015).
• “Stop Blaming Women for Holding Themselves Back at Work,” New York Magazine (December 1, 2014).
• “Satya Nadella’s Advice on Raises Stirs Wider Discussion Among Women, The New York Times (October 10, 2014).
• “Moving Past Gender Barriers to Negotiate a Raise, The New York Times (March 24, 2014).
• “Fighting the Gender Pay Gap,” The New York Times (September 8, 2014).
• “Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified,” Harvard Business Review (August 25, 2014).
• “Pay Gap is Because of Gender, Not Jobs,” The New York Times, (April 24, 2014).
• “The Confidence Gap,” The Atlantic (April 14, 2014).
• “Moving Past Gender Barriers to Negotiate a Raise,” The New York Times (March 24, 2014).

The Myth of Meritocracy: Leadership on Gender in the Wake of #MeToo and Time’s Up, DisruptHR talk by Joan Fortin ´96, Shareholder and Director of Recruitment/Retention, Bernstein Shur.

Kimberly Dougherty '03 Takes Top Honor as Massachusetts’ “Lawyer of the Year”