Jackson’s Path to Court Topples 233-Year Barrier for Black Women (2)

Ketanji Brown Jackson has achieved something that few Black women in the legal profession have: Made it through the leaky pipeline.

While Black women make up just under 5% of first-year law students, attrition rates among minority attorneys are as much as three times that of their White peers, according to the American Bar Association. Black women make up just over 3% of associates and less than 1% of partners. Jackson, who President Joe Biden last month nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, is just one of 70 Black women to have served as a federal judge, and if confirmed, ...