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Legal sector's slow march to equality hits reverse

The slow march to equality has gone backwards for women in corporate law firms after a slump in the rate of women being promoted to partner.

In the worst survey result in three years for gender diversity, just 30.7 per cent of partners (35 of 114) who made partner in the most recent promotion round at Australia's largest law firms were women.

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Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne. Connect with Hannah on Twitter. Email Hannah at hannah.wootton@afr.com
Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editor

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