ANALYSIS: How Early-Career Transparency Can Close Law’s Wage Gap

Gender pay inequity continues to exist in the legal industry. Female attorneys at or near the beginning of their legal careers are actively negotiating their salaries, but they still have valid concerns about being underpaid. Nationwide improvements to pay transparency practices will supply early-career female attorneys with more essential data, which will help narrow the pay gap as they advance in their careers.

Female attorneys made 19% less than male attorneys in 2022, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics Report data on median weekly wages for selected job titles. The gender pay gap in legal exceeds the national pay gap ...