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One quarter of the Chicago law firms that participated in a campaign to increase women partners achieved the goal of increasing female partner ranks by three percentage points between 2004 and 2007, according to the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women. 

Twelve of the 44 participating firms met the goal, according to data provided to the alliance by the National Association for Law Placement.

At the beginning of the alliance effort in January 2004, the percentage of women partners in Chicago offices was 18.12%.  At the end of the campaign in December 2007, it was 19.31%, the alliance said in its final report issued last week. 

The number of firms that have women on their "power committees," the committees that lead the firms has double and is the same percentage as they are represented in the partnership, the alliance said.

 

A third of the firms increased the number of committees with such proportional representation. About half of the participating firms increased the number of women as practice group leaders.

The effort also set goals for providing fair flexible work hour polices and closing disparities between men and women with respect to retention, promotion and recruitment. 

 

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