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- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2016 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
- ISSN
- 1550-3585
- eISSN
- 1550-3631
- DOI
- 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-120814-121705
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This article examines the durability of gender inequality in private law practice since Kay & Gorman published their comprehensive review in the Annual Review of Law and Social Science in 2008. We begin with some of the changes in legal practice that intensified during the Great Recession and help to contextualize women's lack of progress. We turn next to a contemporary profile of women in private practice that demonstrates empirically where women stand. We look at some of the organizational mechanisms that seem to perpetuate inequality. The challenges of integrating work and family dominated the discussion of women's lack of progress in earlier reviews of women in the legal profession and continue to matter greatly. We assume the persistence of these challenges and instead focus on ways that the mechanisms or strategies for determining compensation systematically overlook and undervalue women's contributions. We consider the different social science frameworks that explain women as overlooked and undervalued for their contributions. We conclude with proposed suggestions for changes aimed at remedying the problems discussed here.
Journal
Annual Review of Law and Social Science – Annual Reviews
Published: Oct 27, 2016