The latest annual statistical report by the Law Society, the largest domestic study of its kind, found there were 7,420 female partners in
The figure represents an increase from the previous year’s mark of 5,727 in 2006, when women comprised just 17.6% of the total number of partners.
Despite a number of major City firms moving to address concerns over career progression among their junior lawyers, partnership prospects across all firms in
Thirty-eight percent of the 134, 378 solicitors currently in private practice are partners in their firms, according to the study – up from the previous term’s figure of 35.7%.
Trainee numbers, meanwhile, have hit an all-time high, with 6,012 individuals preparing to commence training contracts, an increase of 4.5% on the previous year.
Sixty-three percent of all trainees were female and 30.7% were drawn from a minority ethnic group.
However, university applications for law degrees dropped slightly to 19,863, with 13,499 proving successful.
