NCJ Number
125484
Journal
Florida Law Review Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1990) Pages: 209-228
Date Published
1990
Length
20 pages
Annotation
Perhaps the greatest contribution women have made to the legal profession is to make the profession look at its structure and ask whether it is satisfied with the direction it is moving.
Abstract
Women still face both overt and subtle barriers to complete integration into the legal profession. However, the American Bar Association is committed to the principles that women are entitled to full participation in all aspects of the legal profession, and all lawyers must work to eliminate barriers so that women may participate fully. Law firms are recognizing the economic sensibility of entering into part-time or flexible-time work arrangements with their women lawyers who become mothers. Every law school in the U.S. should establish and fund a support organization for women law students for financial assistance, part-time study, and placement assistance. Every law firm should implement written policies on maternity leave and sexual harassment to heighten awareness of these issues. Efforts to include women lawyers in many of the social events and activities that are so important to networking are ongoing. 112 notes.