Following a recent Trendspotter column on changing views around equity partnership, a few readers wrote in to advocate for more varied career progression options within large law firms. But they also warned that there are plenty of ways for even well-intentioned firms to get that calculus wrong—and to potentially lose even more talent in the process.

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