Female Lawyers Face Widespread Gender Bias, According To New Study
This article covers even more on the wide-spread gender inequality between male and female lawyers. The survey cited in the article states that 2,827 female lawyers reported to be interrupted more often than their male co-workers, mistaken as being a non-lawyer, to more office housework, and have less access to top job assignments . The article also describes the aspects that female lawyers get penalized for, such as being “over-confident” for the same behaviors exhibited as men and how motherhood diminished females opportunities to promotions and good cases versus men get a “fatherhood boost”.
Should I Have Learned to Cook? Interviews with Women Lawyers Juggling Multiple Roles
Jackie Slotkin records the troubles that female lawyers face being mothers, wives and attorneys. She describes the headway that has been made for female lawyers and the success that females are having in college earning their law degree and some that have very rewarding careers. She also describes that aspects of being a female lawyer and how that is different from men.
‘Great Expectations for Female Lawyers’
This is an opinion article but it provides first-hand accounts on the troubles, success and hopefulness for female lawyers form 5 women who were recent law school graduates back in 2001. This article and video is their opinions of their jobs 12 years later and how they were not prepared for the law industry.