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Women attorneys and the changing workplace : high hopes, mixed outcomes / Phyllis Kitzerow.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, a division of Lynne Rienner Publishers, Incorporated, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781626375512
Other title:
  • Women attorneys & the changing workplace [Cover title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • KF299 .W664 2014
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Contents:
Pathways into the law -- Finding the first position -- Building a career over the long run -- Was law a good choice? -- Balancing work and family -- The impact of gender -- High hopes, mixed outcomes.
Subject: A half-century ago, women comprised only a tiny fraction of practicing attorneys. Today, nearly half of law school graduates are female. Phyllis Kitzerow explores the experiences of women in the legal profession over the past fifty years, charting the sometimes surprising impact of shifting social norms on pathways to professional and personal success. Kitzerow contrasts the experiences of women across generations, showing how the backgrounds and expectations of each cohort--from the pioneers of the 1960s to women starting out today--have played out in the evolving legal profession. Her analysis offers important lessons on a range of contentious work-related issues, on the meanings of success, and on the ways that individuals make the best of the options available to them.
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Women who chose law -- Pathways into the law -- Finding the first position -- Building a career over the long run -- Was law a good choice? -- Balancing work and family -- The impact of gender -- High hopes, mixed outcomes.

Includes bibliographies and index.

A half-century ago, women comprised only a tiny fraction of practicing attorneys. Today, nearly half of law school graduates are female. Phyllis Kitzerow explores the experiences of women in the legal profession over the past fifty years, charting the sometimes surprising impact of shifting social norms on pathways to professional and personal success. Kitzerow contrasts the experiences of women across generations, showing how the backgrounds and expectations of each cohort--from the pioneers of the 1960s to women starting out today--have played out in the evolving legal profession. Her analysis offers important lessons on a range of contentious work-related issues, on the meanings of success, and on the ways that individuals make the best of the options available to them.

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