Just Over A Third Of Female Solicitors Aim To Make Partnership
Latest research figures show that just a third of female solicitors now plan on working towards becoming a partner at the law firm they work in
. These statistics are quite shocking and show a great decline in the number of solicitors feeling motivated enough to attempt partnership.Recent figures show that 38% of people working at private practice are considering attempting to become partners- this shows a sharp decline in the space of just one year as in 2008 it was 50% and 2009 showed 49%.
This lack of determination to become a partner is said to be a lot higher in female solicitors with only 29% admitting they wanted to become partners whereas 48% of men admitted it was their main aim.
Top law firm partnerships are becoming more and more difficult to get and in recent times this is particularly true. The law sector is very popular with those wanting to do a university degree and this is putting more pressure on jobs.
The latest research has been discovers after a survey of around 3800 qualified legal professionals and finding certainly suggest that there are fewer and fewer people choosing to aim for partnership. Shocking figures also suggest that just under a quarter of people asked wish to leave the private practice sector. The main motivation for this was to find an in-house job. Further shocking figures suggested that 11% of people asked admitted they were considering leaving to change career. This is quite a big proportion when you consider how much effort people need to make in order to become solicitors.
It is now commonly agrees that making partnership is much more difficult that it would have been ten years ago. The stability of a role in-house appeals to lots of newly qualified solicitors.
by: Clare Westwood