ANALYSIS: The Future of Legal Is Female—But It Comes With a Cost

There have been more women than men in law school for almost a decade, but women still face considerable barriers in the legal industry, such as disproportionate workloads and blatant sexism. And new data from Bloomberg Law suggests that substantial law-school-related debt is another burden for women in law.

Since the US Supreme Court’s June decision to toss President Joe Biden’s initial student-loan forgiveness plan, I’ve taken a closer look at law school debt according to a borrower’s race, ethnicity, gender, and life experiences.

Thirty percent of the respondents to Bloomberg Law’s most recent Law School Preparedness Survey ...