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Costa Rica: Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women Lawyers and the Leadership Challenge for Law Firms

20 June 2025 by EY - Costa Rica

A perspective from a regional practice in Central America: While women represent a growing—and in many cases majority—share of law school students across Latin America and other regions, this presence does not translate proportionally into leadership positions within law firms, corporate legal departments, international organizations, or the judiciary. The phenomenon known as the “glass ceiling” remains a reality: a structural, often invisible barrier that limits the advancement of women in the legal profession.