what percentage of all uk lawyers are female ?

Question

what percentage of uk-FAMILY lawyers are female ?

Answer 1

Some 30% of all barristers are women. In the self-employed bar the proportion is 29%, in the employed bar it rises to 44%. The proportion of women is likely to increase, with 48% of those called to the Bar in 2003/04 being female.

40% of all practising solicitors are women. For the last ten years a majority of those admitted as solicitors have been women, with women making up 57% of those admitted in 2003/04. However, of those solicitors with 10 - 19 years experience in private practice, 78.7% of men were partners or sole principals, compared with only 52.1% of women.

Gender balances from main professional bodies
Bar
Barristers in self-employed Bar male 71% female 29%
QCs male 92% female 8%
Employed Bar male 56% female44%
Called to the Bar in 2003/04 male 51% female 49%
Law Society
Solicitors on the Roll (with and without practising certificates) male 59.4% female 40.6%
Source: Increasing Diversity in the Legal Profession: A Report on Government Proposals, Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Answer 2

100% most of them dress up as men