"I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability." RBG
In 2020, 37.4% of lawyers were women
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086790/share-lawyers-united-states-gender/
Being a lady lawyer
I was sworn in as a lawyer in 1997 which seems like eons ago (where did the 2000’s go btw??). I picked government work which already had many female attorneys, so I was one of several when I started my career in 1998. I admit to feeling like I had to be stronger and more firm than male attorneys. And at the ripe old age of 25, I still saw everything in black and white not realizing there were so many greys in between yet.
When I was a baby lawyer…
I remember first starting out as a lawyer and trying to find my way. Aside from figuring out how to apply everything I just spent the last three years learning, I remember being particularly worried about how I would be perceived as a young female in a courtroom with far more experienced players, many of whom were men.
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