The financial rewards of elite status in the legal profession

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 971-998

  Dinovitzer, Ronit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 81455143918     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2011.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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