Gender barriers in the legal profession: Implications for career development of female law students

Journal of Employment Counseling

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-79

  Krakauer, Lianne ^a   Chen, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0038347867     PISSN: 00220787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2003.tb00857.x     Document Type: Article

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