ABA Study Reveals Gender, Racial Bias in Legal Profession

A new report by the American Bar Association sheds light on the day-to-day impact that implicit biases have on women and people of color in the legal workplace.

According to the report, 25 percent of women surveyed said they had been sexually harassed at work, and women of color reported that they had been mistaken for administrative staff, court personnel, or janitorial staff at a level 50 percentage points higher than white men.

Across workplaces, women of color experienced highest level of bias, reporting that they had less access to high-quality assignments and opportunities for promotion than their white male ...