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Examining Pay Differentials In The Legal Field, Barbara Donn, Christine Cahill, Meghan H. Mihal
Examining Pay Differentials In The Legal Field, Barbara Donn, Christine Cahill, Meghan H. Mihal
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
This study investigates pay discrimination towards women in the legal field. Recent research has shown that a pay gap does exist in the legal field, and we show that this gap widens throughout the lawyers’ early careers. For our analysis, we focus on the pay differentials between associate level men and women at large private law firms in the United States. The data used in this study is provided by the American Bar Association and is a nationally representative data set following lawyers who began their legal career in 2000. We show that women earn less than their male counterparts …
Income And Career Satisfaction In The Legal Profession: Survey Data From Indiana Law School Graduates, Jeffrey E. Stake, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Kaushik Mukhopadhaya
Income And Career Satisfaction In The Legal Profession: Survey Data From Indiana Law School Graduates, Jeffrey E. Stake, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Kaushik Mukhopadhaya
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This article presents data on graduates of a law school located at a large, midwestern public university. It presents responses to survey questions relating to various personal and job characteristics, including income from the practice of law and career satisfaction. It compares the responses across various demographic groups, including type of practice, gender, race, and ethnicity. We find that lawyers in large private law firms make more money than lawyers in small private practices, who, in turn, make more than those in government or public interest positions. Career satisfaction is greatest for lawyers in corporate counsel, public interest, and government …
Great Expectations: Women In The Legal Profession: A Commentary On State Studies, Ann J. Gellis
Great Expectations: Women In The Legal Profession: A Commentary On State Studies, Ann J. Gellis
Indiana Law Journal
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