Are there really that few female attorneys in Utah?

[UtahDan]

I was looking for a friend on a Utah firm's wesbite today. Out of 104 lawyers at the firm, 6 were women. All of them associates.

http://www.kmclaw.com/attorney_profiles.php?showall=yes

So I decided to check out Utah's largest firm to see if this was just isolated. This firm has 103 lawyers in its SLC office, 20 are women. Of the 72 partners, 7 are women.

http://www.martindale.com/Parsons-Be...464-people.htm

In this day and age when more women go to lawschool than men, this is jaw dropping to me. Thoughts?

[MikeWaters]

Not surprising at all.

When I was accepted to med school, I saw what other BYU students had been accepted. And about 4 out of 120 (rough numbers) were women.

There is a lady in our ward who graduated from law school. She homeschools. Doesn't practice, probably never did.

A friend is a female lawyer. But last I heard, hadn't practiced in a couple of years.

LDS professional women are kind of rare. and Utah mirrors LDS.

[K-dog]

Originally Posted by UtahDan

I was looking for a friend on a Utah firm's wesbite today. Out of 104 lawyers at the firm, 6 were women. All of them associates.

http://www.kmclaw.com/attorney_profiles.php?showall=yes

So I decided to check out Utah's largest firm to see if this was just isolated. This firm has 103 lawyers in its SLC office, 20 are women. Of the 72 partners, 7 are women.

http://www.martindale.com/Parsons-Be...464-people.htm

In this day and age when more women go to lawschool than men, this is jaw dropping to me. Thoughts?

My lawfirm has around 45 attorneys in SLC. About 1/4 are women. Only two female partners (out of about 15 partners). The facts are hard to believe. Women who become attorneys seem to leave more than men. They don't want the full time rigors of big firm life. They choose other things. Very few come back after having a baby. Our ratio is that far off even though we have hired about 75% females since 2000.