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Ronit Dinovitzer

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Faculty Fellow

  • 750 N. Lake Shore Drive
  • 4th Floor
  • Chicago, IL 60611

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: Feb 11, 2008, with Bryant G. Garth, Robert L. Nelson, 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

Family-Based Justice in the Sentencing of Domestic Violence
British Journal of Criminology
Lawyer Satisfaction in the Process of Structuring Legal Careers
Law & Society Review
The Changing Social Role of Urban Law Schools
Southwestern University Law Review

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Presentations

Urban Law School Graduates at Large Law Firms (with D. Wilkins and R. Batra)
Oct 2007
The Changing Social Role of Urban Law Schools (with J. Sterling and B. Garth)
Aug 2007
The Trajectories of Urban Legal Careers
Apr 2007

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Professional Service & Recognition

  • Ad hoc reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Member, Editorial Board, Law & Social Inquiry
  • 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