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AJD and Related Publications

Publications

2010

  • Sterling, Joyce S. and Nancy J. Reichman. "So, You Want to be a Lawyer?  The Quest for Professional Status in a Changing Legal World."  Fordham Law Review Vol. 78: 2289-2314.

2009

  • Dinovitzer, Ronit, Nancy J. Reichman and Joyce S. Sterling.“The Differential Valuation of Women’s Work:  A New Look at the Gender Gap in Lawyers’ Incomes.”  Social Forces 88(2): 819-864.
  • Dinovitzer, Ronit and Bryant G. Garth. “Pro Bono as an Elite Strategy in Early Lawyer Careers.” in Private Lawyers in the Public Interest, edited by Robert Granfield and Lynn Mather, Oxford University Press.
  • Garth, Bryant G. and Joyce S. Sterling. “Exploring Inequality in the Corporate Law Firm           Apprenticeship:  Doing the Time, Finding the Love.” Georgetown J. of Legal Ethics 22: 1361-1394.
  • Levin, Leslie C.. "Guardians at the Gate: The Backgrounds, Career Paths, and Professional Development of Private US Immigration Lawyers." Law and Social Inquiry 34 (2): 399-436.
  • Sandefur, Rebecca. “Lawyers’ Pro Bono Service and Market-Reliant Legal Aid.” In Private Lawyers in the Public Interest, edited by Robert Granfield and Lynn Mather, Oxford University Press.

2007

  • Dinovitzer, Ronit and Bryant G. Garth. (2007). "Lawyer Satisfaction in the Process of Structuring    Legal Careers.”  Law and Society Review 41: 1-50. pdf **
  • Sterling, Joyce, Ronit Dinovitzer, and Bryant G. Garth. (2007). "The Changing Social Role of Urban Law Schools.” Southwestern University Law Review 36: 389-432. pdf
  • Wilkins, David, Ronit Dinovitzer, and Rishi Batra. (2007). "Urban Law School Graduates In Large Law Firms." Southwestern University Law Review 36: 433-507. pdf

2006

  • Nelson, Robert, Ronit Dinovitzer, Bryant G. Garth, Joyce Sterling, Gita Wilder, and Terry Adams. (2006). "Observations from the After the Bar Survey of the Bar Class of 2000." Quinnipac Law Review 24: 539-554. pdf

 

Reports

  2009

  • After the JD II: Second Results from a National Study of Legal Careers. The American Bar Foundation and the NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education.

2008

  • Wilder, Gita Z. (March, 2008). "Race and Ethnicity in the Legal Profession: Findings from the First Wave of the After the JD Study." The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education and the National Association for Law Placement, Inc. (NALP). Monograph

2007

  • Plickert, Gabriele and Ronit Dinovitzer. "Technical Addendum of the After the JD First Results Report."  American Bar Foundation (ABF).  Addendum
  • Wilder, Gita Z. (January, 2007). “Law School Debt Among New Lawyers: An After the JD Monograph." The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education and the National Association for Law Placement, Inc. (NALP).  Monograph
  • Wilder, Gita Z. (August, 2007). "Women in the Profession: Findings from the First Wave of the After the JD Study." The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education and the National Association for Law Placement, Inc. (NALP). Monograph

2004 

  • After the JD: First Results of a National Study of Legal Careers (2004). The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education (NALP) and the American Bar Foundation (ABF).  Report

 

 

Dissertations

  • Bowman, Rebecca (in progress). "When a Law Degree is not Enough: The Necessity of a Second Professional Degree for Lawyers." Department of Higher Education, University of Iowa.
  • Ferrer, Rosa. 2009. "Determinants of weekly hours of work of young lawyers." Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University.
  • Lehmann, Jee-Yeon K. (in progress). "A Dynamic Model of Statistical Discrimination: Evidence from the Early Career Evolution of Lawyers." Department of Economics, University of Boston.
  • Reid, Sarah (in progress). "Women's Career Histories and Status Attainment." Department of Sociology, University  of Toronto, Canada.

 

 

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