Gender in Practice: Study of Lawyers' Lives

by John Hagan and Fiona Kay

Book Overview

In the last thirty years, the number of lawyers in the United States and Canada has more than tripled, and today as many women as men are entering legal practice. The sudden, dramatic increase of women in the profession would seem to signify a new era of equality in the legal profession. However, stereotypes about women's abilities to balance responsibilities at work and home hamper their upward mobility in this male-dominated field. Battling sexual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195092821
• ISBN13: 9780195092820
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"