Women's Leadership in the Age of COVID-19
Early in the pandemic, increased remote and flexible work arrangements opened the possibility of greater gender equity in the workplace. Yet women’s advancement appears to have stalled or even regressed.
Renowned Harvard Business School scholar, Robin Ely, has conducted groundbreaking research on work-life balance and gender inequality in the workplace. Join Professor Ely in conversation with Kenji Yoshino, Director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, to discuss the narratives and structures holding women back from progressing into senior roles in the legal profession and beyond, and the cultural change needed to drive gender equality in the age of COVID-19.
This event has been approved for 1 credit of CLE in the Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias category. While the content of the program may be appropriate for both new and experienced attorneys, the credit is non-transitional and only experienced attorneys may earn credit in the Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias category.
Pre-read 1: Irene Padavac, Robin J. Ely, and Erin M. Reid, Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense against the 24/7 Work Culture, 65(1) Administrative Science Quarterly 61
Pre-read 2: Deborah L. Rhode, Diversity and Gender Equity in Legal Practice, 82 University of Cincinnati Law Review 871 (2018)
This event is part of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging speaker series and is co-sponsored by the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network. The series is sponsored by:
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton;
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore;
• Davis Polk & Wardwell;
• DLA Piper;
• Latham & Watkins;
• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison;
• Sullivan & Cromwell;
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz;
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges; and
• White & Case