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Law firm sets 40:40:20 diversity target

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SlipperyLizard · 04/07/2019 19:30

I saw this first on LinkedIn earlier - Baker McKenzie have announced a target that by 2025 they will have 40% men, 40% women and 20% “flexible” (men, women or non-binary persons) in senior positions.

www.bakermckenzie.com/en/newsroom/2019/06/gender-targets

I’d like to place a bet that if we check their stats in 2025 they’ll have (at best) 40% women, 60% men and a statistically insignificant percentage of non-binary persons.

Is this the best that women lawyers can hope for? To hold 40% of senior positions a quarter of the way through the 21st century?

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 04/07/2019 19:36

But women will include men that identify as women in any case.

AlwaysComingHome · 04/07/2019 19:34

Bugger. A third of the men. Not got my maths head on.

AlwaysComingHome · 04/07/2019 19:33

If they can get half the men to identify as non-binary they can pat themselves on the back for only employing 40% women. Brilliant legal minds, obviously.