Ronit Dinovitzer
Faculty Fellow
Joint appointment
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Toronto
Research focus
The sociology of law, with a particular interest in the legal profession, focusing on the sources of inequality within the profession and the mechanisms that produce and reproduce them. Recent work has examined the gender gap in lawyer incomes, the distribution of lawyer satisfaction, and the career trajectories of urban law school graduates.
Projects
- After the JD
- Latest finding: Oct 19, 2012, with Bryant G. Garth, Robert L. Nelson, Gabriele Plickert, Joyce Sterling
- The After the JD (AJD) project is an empirical study of the career outcomes of a cohort of almost 5,000 new lawyers, offering both a nationally representative picture of lawyer career trajectories…
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Publications
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“Homeland Tourism, Emotion, and Identity Labor”
- Du Bois Review
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“The Financial Rewards of Elite Status in the Legal Profession”
- Law & Social Inquiry
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“Women in the Legal Profession: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of US Law Graduates”
- For the Defence
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Commentary
Sep 4, 2009
Ronit Dinovitzer and Bryant Garth, "Not That Into You: Why are associates so unhappy? The answer my lie not in the nature of their jobs, but in the associates themselves," The American Lawyer,…
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Presentations
- Corporate Lawyers and their Clients: Walking the line between law & business
- Jul 2012
- Lawyers with Foreign Born Parents: Exploring the Effects of Immigrant Status on Earnings among American Lawyers
- Jun 2012
- Homeland Tourism, Emotion and Identity Labor: An Odyssey of Belonging
- Apr 2012
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Professional Service & Recognition
- Secretary/Treasurer, American Sociological Association, Sociology of Law Section, 2009-2011
- Co-Chair, Graduate Student Workshop Committee, Law & Society Association, 2008-2009
- Regular Session Organizer, American Sociological Association, 2009
- Program Committee, American Society of Criminology, 2008-9
- Member, Editorial Board, Law & Social Inquiry, 2005-2010.
- Ad hoc reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Member, International Prize Committee, Law & Society Association
- Member, Article Prize Committee, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association
- Dean's Merit Award, University of Toronto, 2007 and 2012
- Law School Admission Council Grants Committee, 2009-2012