Law student idealism and job choice: Some new data on an old question

Law and Society Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 851-864

  Erlanger, Howard S ^a   Cahill, Mia ^b   Epp, Charles R ^b   Haines, Kathleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039564219     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3054120     Document Type: Article

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