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Do female lawyers face discrimination in the workplace/school?



According to the Princeton Review, as well as several other reputable sources, women can be treated poorly by their male classmates in law school. In fact, the PR includes a list of "women-friendly" universities because this sexism is so widespread. Also, I have read that often women often are passed over for good cases/promotions and are harassed by their male coworkers once they are in the workplace. Finally, I have read that female lawyers have difficulty finding dates, mainly with other graduate/career-oriented men. I was hoping to get the perspective of actual female lawyers on these issues, as opposed to magazine articles. Can anyone verify or invalidate these rumors? Thanks in advance!


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1Today, half, or more, of law students are women. What teaching was in the 20th century, law is becoming in the 21st century -- a field very well represented by women. Having said that, the real discrimination comes when women want to have lives outside their work, and employers, whether they are companies or law firms, are not very willing to give professionals flexible work arrangements.

As for dates, yes, lawyers scare lots of people, irrespective of their gender. So many lawyers in general find that dating and marrying other lawyers makes the most sense.

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