The Firm’s Women’s Committee works closely with the Women’s Advisory Council, which is comprised of counsel and associates from a variety of practices and offices, to provide strategic direction to our efforts to build a supportive and inclusive community at the Firm.
The engagement of our lawyers remains one of the Firm’s most important priorities. Some examples of the efforts of the Women’s Committee include:
- Monthly Partner Office Hours that offer associates and counsel in each of our offices the dedicated, informal opportunity to meet with partners and one another. This initiative fosters connectivity among our lawyers and reflects the Firm’s open-door policy.
- Speaker Forums which feature in-house and outside speakers addressing various professional and cultural topics.
- The Virtual Connections Discussion Group that invites lawyers across all offices to share their thoughts on a podcast, article or book. For example, one meeting featured a Harvard Business Review podcast exploring women’s leadership.
- For Counsel at the Firm, we offer Counsel Connect which is a dedicated space for Counsel to connect.
Each year, the number of women in the Firm’s partnership and counsel ranks continues to grow. Not only are Simpson Thacher’s women lawyers advancing within the profession, but they are also making tremendous strides within the Firm’s leadership and management.