This paper documents and studies the gender gap in performance among associate lawyers in the United States. Unlike other high-skilled professions, the legal profession assesses performance using transparent measures that are widely used and comparable across firms: the number of hours billed to...

This paper documents and studies the gender gap in performance among associate lawyers in the United States. Unlike other high-skilled professions, the legal profession assesses performance using transparent measures that are widely used and comparable across firms: the number of hours billed to...

This paper does search for talent management and individual performance. It believes that cognitive placement might be used for talent management to determine individual performers. Cognitive methodology assumes that HR manager replaces performance grade of employees into placement line. In...