The Broad Experience 28: Claiming authority

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2013

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In this show we look at world of women lawyers. Big Law, as it's known in the US, is well known for having few women at the top. And when they do gain partnership, women are paid less: female partners at law firms are paid just under $500,000 a year on average, as opposed to $734,000 for men. Neither sex is on the breadline, clearly, but a lot of female lawyers today never thought they'd be contending with some of the persistent gender issues they are. Still, lawyers are like many other women in the workplace - many have the same tendency to assume their hard work should simply be recognized and rewarded accordingly. It rarely is.We talk about:Why female lawyers flee large firms after relatively little time on the job.Why working hard is never enough.How some lawyers are claiming authority and pushing to increase the number of women in leadership.The job/family balancing act, and what it's like growing up with a lawyer for a mom.

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0:00.0	Every parent has the key to unlock their child's potential.
0:04.8	A future where they learn the skills they need to succeed.
0:07.8	Whether that's getting a job or further study.
0:10.7	But the key isn't a key.
0:12.7	It's the support you give them.
0:15.1	All right, Dad.
0:15.9	Fancy a Bruin and that a son.
0:17.4	I've been reading about technical education and it looks the business.
0:20.9	Technical education opens doors for your child. Search talking futures to find out how
0:25.6	T-levels, apprenticeships and HTQs can unlock their full potential. Welcome to the
0:35.5	Broad Experience, the show about women, the workplace and success.
0:39.1	I'm Ashley Milne Tite.
0:40.8	This time on the show, we're taking a look at the world of women lawyers,
0:44.6	why there are still so few of them at the top of their profession,
0:47.7	what some of them are doing to change that, and what lessons they have for the rest of us.
0:52.3	One of the reasons women do so well in school is because we're great followers of authority.
0:59.6	We check the right boxes.
1:02.2	We follow the proper procedure.
1:05.2	We tend not to act outside of the authority that we're given.
1:10.1	None of which helps women get ahead at work.
1:13.1	Coming up on the broad experience. Beth Kaufman is president of the National Association of
1:19.5	Women Lawyers. She's also a partner at Schumann-updike, Kaufman, Stern and Asher in New York.
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