| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index. |
| Summary |
This work analyses the current status of women in the law, drawing on two major studies in Canada in 1985 and 1990, and relating the findings to women and the legal profession in the United States. One of the largest studies of women lawyers yet undertaken, this book offers insights based on empirical data into the status of women in the law. |
| Contents |
1. A Changing Profession; 2. Ceiling Effects in Practice; 3. Beginning to Practice; 4. Becoming Partners; 5. Careers in Conflict; 6. Born to Bill?; 7. Pleasures and Perils of Practice; 8. A Contested Profession; Appendix; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women lawyers -- Canada.
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Women lawyers. |
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Canada. |
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Women lawyers -- United States.
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United States. |
| Indexed Term |
Lawyers |
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United States |
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Canada |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kay, Fiona.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hagan, John, 1946- Gender in practice. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (DLC) 94027128 |
| ISBN |
1423765060 (electronic book) |
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9781423765066 (electronic book) |
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1602560056 |
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9781602560055 |
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1280441852 |
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9781280441851 |
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0195092821 (Cloth) |
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9780195092820 |
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