Wake Up Call: Varying Views on Sex Harassment at Big Law Firms

• Female and male lawyers at Big Law firms don’t see eye-to-eye on harassment, gender bias, and other social problems at work, not even close, according to recent survey data. For instance, 68 percent of women lawyers said they’d experienced sexual harassment at work, while only 19 percent of men said they had been harassed. And 81 percent of women lawyers said they’d been mistaken for a lower-level employee, something men didn’t report experiencing. ( ABA Journal ) Are male Big Law lawyers out of touch about the scale of sexual harassment and other gender problems at their firms? Columnist Vivia Chen ...