Awards & Rankings
Awards & Rankings
Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Olivia Thomas
05.04.18
In a continuation of the firm’s regular recognition for its diversity and inclusion efforts, Pillsbury is proud to announce its inclusion on Yale Law Women’s Top 10 Female Family Friendly Firms list for 2018. Of the firms on the list, Pillsbury had one of the highest percentages of associates who took advantage of part-time or flexible full-time schedules to balance work and family.
To identify the 10 most family-friendly law firms, Yale Law Women invited all firms listed in the 2018 Vault Law 100 to participate in a survey about their gender equity and family-friendly policies. The survey collected data on family accommodations, part-time work, paid leave, partnership promotions by gender and the gender composition of leadership committees. It also analyzed firms’:
The Yale Law Women report also looks at use of policies such as paid leave by men as a measure of a firm’s commitment to family friendliness across genders. The report offers guidance for law students around language to look for and questions to ask when evaluating a firm’s family-friendliness. The full report can be viewed on the Yale Law Women website.
“We hope to spur broader conversation within the legal profession about the role of gender and family in the workplace and to encourage further advocacy in an otherwise opaque area of law firm culture,” the group says in the report. “Women still bear the brunt of caregiving burdens and disproportionately manage childcare needs. In particular, we hope this report inspires more men to make use of family-friendly policies, as family friendliness ceases to be a ‘women’s issue’ and instead becomes a consideration for all attorneys.”
Pillsbury takes great pride in its steadfast commitment to building a diverse and inclusive culture. The firm was among the first to promote women to partnership and the first large, national firm in the U.S. to elect a woman as its top leader. Year after year, Pillsbury’s inclusion efforts are recognized by Vault.com, the National Association of Female Executives and the Human Rights Campaign, among other organizations. The firm earned the 2017 Law Firm of the Year Award from Chambers Women in Law for furthering women’s career progression and has been named to Working Mother’s 100 Best Companies list for 12 consecutive years. To learn more about Pillsbury’s inclusive culture, click here.