Fragmenting professionalism: Racial identity and the ideology of bleached out lawyering

International Journal of the Legal Profession

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 141-173

  Wilkins, David B ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0037658083     PISSN: 09695958     EISSN: 14699257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695958.1998.9960446     Document Type: Note

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