Area beats national trend of more women becoming law partners

For the fourth year running, more women made partner in Denver-area law practices than anywhere else, according to a study by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP).

Nearly 20 percent of the partners in Denver-area law firms are women. This 1998 percentage is in line with other booming Western cities that provide more equity partnerships to women than those of the major markets of New York, Chicago, Washington and Los Angeles.

The Denver area also is besting the national trend. Nationwide, the proportion of female partners at the larger firms…