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aba President hilarie bass shines Light
on implicit bias at 21st annual bench bar
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even though women comprise 45 percent of law firm associates,
they account for only 19 percent of equity partners in private firms.
o doubt the legal
profession is in the
midst of a period of
“transformational”
change.
Competition from alternative
service providers, pressure to
reduce legal costs and spending,
and the use of artificial
intelligence and technology to
handle routine legal issues. These
are just a few of the new
challenges lawyers face today.
But are these challenges to
the legal status quo the same for
all attorneys, regardless of
gender, race, disability, and
sexual orientation?
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American Bar Association
President Hilarie Bass
discussed this topic —
and particularly as it
relates to women in the
legal profession — in her
luncheon address at the
HCBA’s 21st Annual Bench
Bar Conference on Oct. 25
at the Tampa Downtown
Hilton.
In her remarks, Bass, a
partner and co-president
of Greenberg Traurig in
Miami, talked about one
of her major presidential
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