Bloomberg Law
April 4, 2019, 7:39 PM UTC

Millennial Women See Sexism at Their Law Firms, Male Peers Don’t

Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Special Correspondent

Female millennial attorneys are far more likely to spot systemic sexism in their law firm workplaces than male attorneys of the same generation, according to a new survey.

Forty-five percent of millennial women strongly agreed that U.S. law firm culture is inherently sexist, compared to just 14 percent of men.

The survey, conducted by Major, Lindsey & Africa and Above the Law, polled 1,200 millennial lawyers working at U.S. firms. The MLA survey did not define millennial, but Pew Research brackets the generation as those born between 1981 and 1996.

Women were also far more likely to prioritize diversity ...

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