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Women Lawyers And The Quest For Professional Identity In Late Nineteenth-Century America, Virginia G. Drachman
Women Lawyers And The Quest For Professional Identity In Late Nineteenth-Century America, Virginia G. Drachman
Michigan Law Review
Whenever Lelia Robinson, a nineteenth-century woman lawyer, prepared to take a case to court, she faced a particular problem what to do about her hat. "Shall the woman attorney wear her hat when arguing a case or making a motion in court," she asked in 1888, "or shall she remove it?" Robinson's question was not a frivolous matter of fashion, but a serious concern to every woman lawyer who entered the courtroom. As a proper lady of her day, it was not only appropriate that she wear a hat in public, it was expected of her. But as a lawyer, …
Making It And Breaking It: The Fate Of Public Interest Commitment During Law School, Laura M. Schachter
Making It And Breaking It: The Fate Of Public Interest Commitment During Law School, Laura M. Schachter
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Making It and Breaking It: The Fate of Public Interest Commitment During Law School by Robert V. Stover