NCJ Number
109022
Journal
International Journal of the Sociology of Law Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Dated: (November 1987) Pages: 439-457
Date Published
1987
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This analysis of the role of female lawyers in New Zealand uses objective information from secondary sources and survey material and lawyers' subjective assessments and recommendations.
Abstract
The growing demand for lawyers has been accompanied by cost-cutting measures that have intensified the gender divisions of labor in the law. Women constituted only 9 percent of the profession in 1981, but in September 1983 more women than men were admitted to the bar. Women lawyers are increasingly working in the least attractive and poorest paid areas of the law. The great majority of female lawyers perceive discrimination from all directions: clients, colleagues, administrative staff, and others. They recommend both attitudinal and structural changes to solve this problem. Tables, notes, and 26 references.