Just Over A Third Of Female Solicitors Aim To Make Partnership

New research has shown that just over a third of female solicitors are now planning to eventually become partners at their firm. The decline in women aspiring to become partners comes as a shock, with less women becoming partners it has been suggested that motivation is now becoming diminished.

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%.

The lack of determination needed to become a partner has been found in more female solicitors than male with only 29% admitting they do see becoming a partner as their ultimate career goal. 48% of men however state that it is their main ambition.

Obtaining a partnership in a law firm has definitely become harder and harder over the last few years and due to law being such a popular period for study job opportunities have declined.

This new research is based upon a survey of around 3800 solicitors, and suggests that the view of solicitors are taking of partnerships is that they are becoming more and more unattainable and therefore fewer people are willing to attempt becoming one. Startling figures also show that just under a quarter of people also said they wished to leave private practice completely. The most common reason for this was that they wished to work in an in-house role instead. Around 11% were also thinking of changing career, this is a significant percentage really when you consider the amount of effort required to become a qualified solicitor.

It is now commonly thought that making partnership is a lot more difficult and unlikely than it would have been ten years ago. Often the stability of working in an in-house role entices people away.

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