News release: “On November 15, 2012, the National Association of Women Lawyers Foundation released a report, entitled National Survey of Women’s Initiatives: The Strategy, Structure And Scope Of Women’s Initiatives In Law Firms, which details the results of its first ever survey of women’s initiatives in law firms. This groundbreaking study was conducted in an attempt to find solutions to the troubling results of NAWL’s Annual National Survey of Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms, which has been published every year since 2006. One of the most startling statistics from that survey that illustrates the stark difference in advancement between men and women is the fact that only about 15% of equity partners are women in the typical large law firm. In this most recent report, NAWL notes that “women’s initiatives” have been a way that law firms address the issues of retaining and advancing women attorneys at the firm.”