by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math

To make a somewhat obvious point about this topic that somehow still needs to be made today, when a top law firm is overwhelmingly male, there’s no need for male-specific networking opportunities. The law firm itself, and its peers, make one big male-dominated networking opportunity. It takes work to fight against a lot of built-in biases, that, while more subtle than discrimination of years past, tend to push women out of high-powered jobs or keep them from getting them in the first place.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.