The Secret of My Success: How Status, Eliteness, and School Performance Shape Legal Careers

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 893-930

  Sander, Richard ^a   Bambauer, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84868673449     PISSN: 17401453     EISSN: 17401461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-1461.2012.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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