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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lentz, Bernard F., 1948- Sex discrimination in the legal profession. Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1995 (OCoLC)604127310 Online version: Lentz, Bernard F., 1948- Sex discrimination in the legal profession. Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1995 (OCoLC)607765189 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bernard F Lentz; David N Laband |
| ISBN: | 0899309283 9780899309286 |
| OCLC Number: | 31969271 |
| Description: | xx, 229 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Ch. 1. Women in the Legal Profession: An Overview -- Ch. 2. Earnings and Promotion: A Closer Look at the Evidence -- Ch. 3. Discrimination on Intangible Margins -- Ch. 4. Employer-Based Discrimination -- Ch. 5. Coworker Discrimination -- Ch. 6. Client-Based Discrimination -- Ch. 7. How Opposing Counsel and Judges Treat Female Lawyers -- Ch. 8. The Path to Becoming a Lawyer -- Ch. 9. Differences in Career Paths between Male and Female Lawyers -- Ch. 10. Sex Discrimination and Public Policy. |
| Responsibility: | Bernard F. Lentz and David N. Laband. |
Abstract:
The results of this extremely data-rich study reveal that women attorneys are victimized by less obvious forms of discrimination than their male counterparts. Based on results of surveys conducted by the ABA in 1984 and 1990, this work challenges the notion that legislation outlawing discrimination actually works. Setting controls for a whole host of individual, firm, and locational characteristics, the study determined that although hourly earnings of female lawyers do not differ appreciably from those of male lawyers, the incidence of promotion from associate to partner is greater for men than for otherwise comparable women. Lentz and Laband also found evidence of sexual harassment and other less-tangible aspects of sex discrimination in the legal workplace. This book is essential reading for members of law firms, labor economists, feminist scholars, and human resource professionals.
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