4:30PM – 5:30PM | Discussion
5:30PM – 6:30PM | Reception

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For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions. Today, although women occupy an increasing percentage of leadership positions, in America they hold less than a fifth of positions in both the public and private sectors.In Women and Leadership, Stanford Law Professor Deborah L. Rhode focuses on women’s underrepresentation in leadership roles and asks why it persists and what we can do about it. Although organizations generally stand to gain from increasing gender equity in leadership, women’s underrepresentation is persistent and pervasive. Rhode explores the reasons, including women’s family roles, unconscious gender bias, and exclusion from professional development networks. She stresses that we cannot address the problem at the individual level; instead, she argues that we need broad-based strategies that address the deep-seated structural and cultural conditions facing women.

The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, the Stanford Faculty Women’s Forum, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Women of Stanford Law are pleased to celebrate the publication of this important book with a presentation by Professor Rhode followed by a reception. The book will be available for purchase at the event.

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