Why support the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession? Your generosity advances the career trajectories of women in law helping not only to diversify the legal industry today but create a more equitable and inclusive profession in the future. All proceeds support the projects of the Commission on Women in the Profession so it can continue to produce educational materials that will benefit women lawyers and the profession as a whole.

ABA Commission on Women in the Profession's Key Educational Projects:

> The Parenthood and Child Caregiver Study is assessing the prevalence and impact of caregiver bias and the motherhood penalty on the advancement and retention of women lawyers. In November 2022, an invite-only Summit will be held to discuss the initial research findings and gather attendee's feedback before the publication of the full research report.

> The Grit Project educates women lawyers about the science behind grit and growth mindset. Through its online Grit Program Toolkit, the Grit Project provides the resources to evaluate, teach, and learn these traits. New grit research exploring ways in which grit and growth mindset impact team performance will be published in fall 2022.

> The Guided Conversations Toolkit, published in 2021, assists organizations in conducting structured conversations about race, ethnicity, gender, and intersectionality. Recommendations are based on the research report entitled This Talk Isn't Cheap: Women of Color and White Women Attorneys Find Common Ground. The corresponding Guided Conversations toolkit provides resources for organizations to have open and frank discussion on this important topic. Additionally, A Day of Conversation is designed to build allyship and help reduce bias in the legal profession. The Commission sponsors a Day of Conversation event. and it has been held each year since the toolkits debut. This year, the Day of Conversation was May 24, 2022.

> The Men in the Mix report examines the role of men in advancing women lawyers gender equity is an initiative designed to encourage more communication between men and women in the legal profession around the issue of gender equity. A study was conducted throughout 2019 to determine what obstacles men perceive to prevent their participation in gender equity issues a report and toolkit were released with recommendations. A forthcoming study will additionally examine on how race and ethnicity impact allyship.

> The Financial Future is Female: Women Lawyers and Wealth Creation webinar series consists of four webinars and is intended to educate women lawyers on wealth creation and management and to empower them to make the best use of their money. A resources page with all the content shared in the webinars is available on the Commission website.

> The Bias Interrupters Project, through the report You Can't Change What You Can't See: Interrupting Racial and Gender Bias in the Legal Profession documents gender bias in legal workplaces, including how gender bias differs by race. The Bias Interrupters Project was done in collaboration with MCCA and provides best-practice metrics for law firms and corporate legal departments.

> A new report published in December 2021, How Unappealing: An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Gap among Appellate Attorneys, reveals gender disparity among lawyers who argue before federal appellate courts. The report analyzes the number of men and women who appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the course of two years, but over a decade apart. The startling results show that male lawyers outnumber women lawyers nearly three to one. The report examines who those women lawyers were what kinds of cases they worked on, who they represented and where they worked. The report also includes a roadmap for positive change aimed at increasing the number of lawyers who are women arguing at the appellate level.

> The Commission is in the initial stages of conducting a qualitative study to better understand the Experiences of Native American Women Attorneys throughout their careers in the legal profession in collaboration with the National Native American Bar Association.

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