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> The legal profession is far ahead of STEM in addressing sexism. Many law firms have adopted the Mansfield Rule But did they have this back in the 60's and 70

• rayiner 7y ago
  There have been decades of efforts at the various stages of the pipeline. In the 1960s and 1970s law schools started admitting gender balanced classes. In the 1970s and 1980s there was a series of lawsuits as a result of which law firms began to hire gender balanced classes of entry level lawyers. The Mansfield rule is now directed at addressing remaining disparities in the partner ranks.
  • TulliusCicero 7y ago
    > In the 1960s and 1970s law schools started admitting gender balanced classes. Be specific, because this could mean different things. Were the genders balanced because the applicant pool itself had become balanced, or because law schools started enforcing balance in admission, or a mix of both? > In the 1970s and 1980s there was a series of lawsuits as a result of which law firms began to hire gender balanced classes of entry level lawyers And what were the graduate pools like at the time, re: gender balance? Do you have sources that talk about these points, because it sounds interesting. Part of the issue for tech companies is that there are fewer women with CS degrees, something they don't directly control, and have only modest at best influence over. And then at the university level, they've had issues getting more women to sign up, though I understand some schools have had more success than others.