Experiencing discrimination: Race and retention in america's largest law firms

Law and Society Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 553-584

  Payne Pikus, Monique R ^a   Hagan, John ^b   Nelson, Robert L ^a  

^a AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958531402     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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