Sex Discrimination in the Legal Profession [Hardcover]

David Laband (Author), Bernard Lentz (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0899309283 | ISBN-13: 978-0899309286 | Publication Date: June 30, 1995

The results of this extremely data-rich study reveal that women attorneys are victimized by less obvious forms of discrimination. 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 law firms, labor economists, feminist scholars, and human resource professionals.

Editorial Reviews

Review

?This colume of statistical data and interpretation fills a niche in the literature of gender bias in American legal practice... That women attoernys are underpaid, underpromoted, underassigned and underrepresented in positions of authority comes as no surprise. In this useful book, Lentz and Laband explain exactly how, and occasionally why, this is so.?-Employee Assistance Quarterly

Book Description

Women attorneys are promoted less and subjected more to sexual harassment and other less-tangible forms of sex discrimination.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (June 30, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899309283
• ISBN-13: 978-0899309286
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #746,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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