Women's Initiative

The Women’s Initiative has as its mission to support and encourage the success of women at LLB&L.  Goals include hiring, promoting and retaining female attorneys, encouraging women to take leadership roles in the firm and providing mentoring and networking opportunities.  Initiative meetings are held monthly and address head-on the everyday issues facing women practicing law in a large firm. 

A specific women’s business initiative has been developed, which allows for a multitude of marketing and self-promotion styles.  Also, a group mentoring program has been developed.  Last, we are signatory to the Chicago Bar Association’s “Call to Action” which has as its goal the promotion of women in law firms.  Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell is committed to this pledge.  Forty percent of the attorneys elected to full partnership in 2006 were women.  Forty-six percent of associates elected to partnership in 2007 were women.