Donna Nebenzahl writes in today’s Star,

Despite the gains of recent years, women in the workplace are still taking it on the chin, according to several wide-ranging studies.

A report released last year for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s working group on the retention of women in private practice indicated that the legal profession has not adapted to the “reality” of child rearing and its effect in the workplace…

This is not the only place where disparity shows up. According to a 2004 Law Society report, fewer women make partners than men and they seem to earn less across the board in comparable jobs – 32 per cent less in sole practice, 11 per cent less in law firms and 3 per cent less in government jobs.