Recent studies tend to indicate there is an undercurrent of gender bias in the legal profession.
This text will examine areas of gender bias in the profession, with the goal of alerting practicing attorneys to both identification and elimination of gender bias in the profession. As an approach to identification and elimination of gender bias, we will focus on recent studies and articles concerning this area. Findings of the survey conducted by The Women in Law Committee of the State Bar of California in cooperation with The Employment Law Center, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco produced interesting results concerning gender bias. The greater the number of women lawyers in a particular workplace, the greater the perception of gender fairness by women attorneys in that workplace. One respondent commented that young male associates trying to prove their points produced physically threatening behavior when no one else was present.