Reports and Statistics

Comparison of demographics of Washington's general population with self-reported WSBA membership.

The Minority Bar Associations have released the Law Firm Diversity Report. This is a publication of the Minority Bar Associations Joint Committee on Law Firm Diversity. All opinions and comments in this publication represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily have the endorsement of the Association nor its officers or agents.

Memorandum from Chach Duarte White, Diversity Programs Manager, to the WSBA Board of Governors. This memo is intended to show graphs of some general baselines of the WSBA membership demographics and to highlight what we know and do not know based on the information we have.

For more than twenty years, women have entered the legal profession in steadily increasing numbers, and more and more women have risen to prominence in the legal profession, serving as justices and judges, representing clients in high profile cases, and being tapped as bar leaders. Yet despite these gains, many women attorneys believe a "glass ceiling" exists that prevents them from reaching the highest levels of status and compensation in the law. In 2001, a committee of women attorneys and legal professionals conducted a survey to determine whether this subjective view is warranted.