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Why Are Seemingly Satisfied Female Lawyers Running For The Exits? Resolving The Paradox Using National Data, Joni Hersch, Erin E. Meyers
Why Are Seemingly Satisfied Female Lawyers Running For The Exits? Resolving The Paradox Using National Data, Joni Hersch, Erin E. Meyers
Marquette Law Review
Despite the fact that women are leaving the practice of law at alarmingly high rates, most previous research finds no evidence of gender differences in job satisfaction among lawyers. This Article uses nationally representative data from the 2015 National Survey of College Graduates to examine gender differences in lawyers’ job satisfaction, and finds that any apparent similarity of job satisfaction between genders likely arises from dissatisfied female JDs sorting out of the legal profession at higher rates than their male counterparts, leaving behind the most satisfied women. This Article also provides a detailed examination of the specific working conditions that …
The Parent Trap: Equality, Sex, And Partnership In The Modern Law Firm, Miranda Mcgowan
The Parent Trap: Equality, Sex, And Partnership In The Modern Law Firm, Miranda Mcgowan
Marquette Law Review
The fight for women’s equality in law has achieved a lot. Women have
made up nearly half of law students and law firm associates for the last two
decades. Despite this progress, the partnership ranks of law firms are
profoundly and intolerably sex segregated and will remain so for the
foreseeable future. Our profession, which has fought for and helped to achieve
legal equality on behalf of so many, is itself dogged by intractable inequality.
A standard set of solutions, which address structural barriers within law firms
and the effects of cognitive biases, have been urged for decades and yet …
Not Your Mother's Will: Gender, Language, And Wills, Karen J. Sneddon
Not Your Mother's Will: Gender, Language, And Wills, Karen J. Sneddon
Marquette Law Review
“Boys will be boys, but girls must be young ladies” is an echoing patriarchal refrain from the past. Formal equality has not produced equality in all areas, as demonstrated by the continuing wage gap. Gender bias lingers and can be identified in language. This Article focuses on Wills, one of the oldest forms of legal documents, to explore the intersection of gender and language. With conceptual antecedents in pre-history, written Wills found in Ancient Egyptian tombs embody the core characteristics of modern Wills. The past endows the drafting and implementation of Wills with a wealth of traditions and experiences. The …
Diversity And Supreme Court Law Clerks, Tony Mauro