The making of lawyers' careers : inequality and opportunity in the American legal profession /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Chicago series in law and society.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introduction. Introduction : the making of lawyers' careers; From the golden age to the age of disruption : setting the context for lawyers' careers in the new millennium
- Part 2. The structure of lawyers' careers. Change and continuity in the legal field : from walled-off hemispheres to more or less mixed hierarchical sequences; Race, class, and gender in the structuring of lawyers' early careers; Two hemispheres revisited : fields of law, practice settings, and client types
- Part 3. The narratives of lawyers' careers. Moving up and moving on : careers in law firms; Rethinking the solo practitioner; Moving inside : practicing law in business organizations; Commitment, careerism, and stratification : careers in government, nonprofits, and public interest organizations
- Part 4. Inequalities of race and gender. White spaces : the enduring racialization of American law firms / with Vitor M. Dias
- Student debt and cumulative (dis)advantage in lawyers' careers; Hegemonic masculinity, parenthood, and gender inequality / with Andrea Mogosanu
- Part 5. Public roles and private lives. Dualities of politics, public service, and pro bono in lawyers' careers / with Ioana Sendroiu
- Lawyer's satisfaction and the making of lawyers' careers / with Ioana Sendroiu
- Conclusion. Conclusion : structure and agency in the making of lawyers' careers.