The Making of Lawyers' Careers: Inequality and Opportunity in the American Legal Profession

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Robert L. Nelson Ronit Dinovitzer

The Making of Lawyers' Careers

Inequality and Opportunity in the American Legal Profession

Robert L. Nelson, Ronit Dinovitzer, Bryant G. Garth , Joyce S. Sterling

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University of Chicago Press
06 October 2023

Legal profession: general

Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society

An unprecedented account of social stratification within the US legal profession.

How do race, class, gender, and law school status condition the career trajectories of lawyers? And how do professionals then navigate these parameters?

The Making of Lawyers’ Careers provides an unprecedented account of the last two decades of the legal profession in the US, offering a data-backed look at the structure of the profession and the inequalities that early-career lawyers face across race, gender, and class distinctions. Starting in 2000, the authors collected over 10,000 survey responses from more than 5,000 lawyers, following these lawyers through the first twenty years of their careers. They also interviewed more than two hundred lawyers and drew insights from their individual stories, contextualizing data with theory and close attention to the features of a market-driven legal profession.

Their findings show that lawyers’ careers both reflect and reproduce inequalities within society writ large. They also reveal how individuals exercise agency despite these constraints.

By: Robert L. Nelson, Ronit Dinovitzer, Bryant G. Garth, Joyce S. Sterling, David B. Wilkins
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 513g
ISBN: 9780226828923
ISBN 10: 0226828921
Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 06 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert L. Nelson is the MacCrate Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation and professor of sociology and law at Northwestern University. Ronit Dinovitzer is professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. Bryant G. Garth is Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine. Joyce S. Sterling is professor of law emeritus at the University of Denver College of Law. David B. Wilkins is the Lester Kissel Professor, Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession, and Faculty Director of the Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School. Meghan Dawe is a resident research fellow at the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School. Ethan Michelson is professor of sociology and law at Indiana University.

Reviews for The Making of Lawyers' Careers: Inequality and Opportunity in the American Legal Profession

"""This in-depth examination of diverse attorneys’ career journeys presents a remarkably nuanced analysis of data, individual narratives, and the patterns that emerge between them. The result is a textured map that allows leaders to holistically identify—and address—the mile markers and roadblocks that propel or impede a diverse lawyer’s career."" -- Robert Grey | president, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity"