I doubt I need point out to any of my readers the front-page
story in today’s Sunday New York Times’ Business
Section (above the fold, even!) headlined, "Up the Down
Staircase:  Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of
Big Law Firms," but in case you missed it, here
it is
.

And here’s my
Letter to the Editor in response.

This issue—the relative paucity of women in senior
positions at large firms—is one that, I will now
share with you, has troubled me for some time.  But
dwelling on "troublesome" issues, unless I have something
concrete to recommend, is not the stock in trade of
"Adam Smith, Esq."  Nevertheless, it’s
klieg-light clear that the under-representation of women
in the partner ranks of AmLaw 200 firms has for many
years now not been the simple issue of the "pipeline."

My best guess at the explanation appears in my letter
to the editor (noted above). 

What are your theories?

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