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- Title
THE UNDERTRAINING OF LAWYERS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION.
- Authors
AYERS, IRENE SEGAL
- Abstract
The article explores several narratives that describe the color discrimination experienced by female lawyers at their attended law school and discusses its effect on the advancement of minorities and women in legal profession in the U.S. It explains the negative impact of racial discrimination in law schools on law firm apprenticeships for basic legal training-dependent careers. It suggests the need of having comprehensive professional training to boost the knowledge of students and apprentice in the law school. It advises the evaluation of legal curriculum proposals, such as the Carnegie Report, for the betterment of law students during their practice. It provides a brief account on the evolution of how law schools have interchanged the traditional legal apprenticeship models.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DISCRIMINATION in higher education; LAW schools; WOMEN lawyers; LAW students -- Training of; APPRENTICES; WOMEN apprentices; INTERNSHIP programs; LEGAL professions; LAW firms; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Duke Forum for Law & Social Change (DFLSC), 2009, Vol 1, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
2151-1128
- Publication type
Article