Women in the legal profession

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 299-332

  Kay, Fiona ^a   Gorman, Elizabeth ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Discrimination; Earnings; Gender; Law practice; Mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649155070     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.4.110707.172309     Document Type: Article

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