AJD News

Conferences and invited Presentations

2011

Payne-Pikus, Monique, Robert L. Nelson, and John Hagan. “Race and Gender Differences in the Careers of Young Lawyers.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association, San Francisco, California.
Sterling, Joyce and Gabriele Plickert. "Opting-Out": Is this a Return to Traditionalism or Simply a Subtle Form of Workplace Disrimination?" Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association, San Francisco, California.

2010

Sterling, Joyce. "After the JD2: Trends in Careers after 7 Years for Women Lawyers." Talk at the Plenary Panel, Rocky Mountain Legal Diversity Summit, March 16.
Sterling, Joyce. "Changes of the Legal Workplace as a Result of the Economic Downturn." Talk at the University of Denver College of Law, March 30.
Hagan, John and Gabriele Plickert. "Early Post-Law School Careers of Young Lawyers from Berlin, Frankfurt, New York, and Washington, DC." Free University Berlin, April 16-17, Berlin, Germany.
Ferrer, Rosa. "Overworking to Win the Case: Representing Cases in Court and Young Lawyer's Hours of Work." Presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the American Law and Economics Association, May 7-8, Princeton University, NJ and at the Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, May 14-16, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Sandefur, Rebecca. "Debt and Aspiration: Who Goes to Work for the Public?" To be presented at the Annual Meetings of the Law and Society, May 27-30, Chicago, IL.
Oyer, Paul. "The Returns to Attending a Prestigious Law School." To be presented at the joint meetings of Society of Labor Economics/European Association of Labour Economists, June 17-19, London, England.
Sandefur, Rebecca. "The Private Subsidy of Public-Serving Lawyers." To be presented at International Legal Ethics Conference IV: Legal Ethics in Times of Turbulence. July 15, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA.

2009

Sandefur, Rebecca. "Clinical Legal Education, Professional Responsibility and Public Service: Findings from the After the JD Study of Young American Lawyers." Invited plenary presentation, Association of American Law Schools, San Diego, January 7.
ABF Fellows Research Seminar in Boston - AJD Wave II
After the JD Conference at Harvard Law School (May) ----- for further information please check http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/plp/pages/ajd2009.php
Dinovitzer, Ronit, Joyce Sterling, Bryant Garth, and Gita Wilder. "The AJD Data Revisited: Exploring the Relationship Between Race and Income." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society, May 25, Las Vegas, NV.
Sandefur, Rebecca. "Debt and Aspiration: Sources of Lawyering for the Public." Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association, May 30, Denver, CO.
Oyer, Paul and Scott Schaefer. "The Returns to Attending a Prestigious Law School." Presented at the American Law and Economics Association, May 15-16, San Diego, CA.; the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute, July, Cambridge, MA; and the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, November 20-21, Los Angeles, CA.

2008

Dinovitzer, Ronit. “Empirical Research Strategies for Understanding the Legal Profession: Examples from the After the JD Study.” Presented at the Association for American Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 4, New York, NY.
Wilkins, David. (February). "After the JD: Preliminary Evidence from a Ten-Year Longitudinal Study of Lawyer Careers." Presented at the Dean's Lecture at Yale Law School.
Nelson, Robert L., Ronit Dinovitzer, Joyce Sterling, and Gita Z. Wilder. (April). "After the JD: The Compelling Findings So Far- and a Look at What is to Come." Preliminary First Results of the After the JD Study Wave II. Invited AJD Panel Presentation at NALP's Annual Education Conference. Toronto, Canada.
Dinovitzer, Ronit and Bryant G. Garth. “Pro Bono as an Elite Strategy in Early Careers: Examining Differences in Pro Bono Investment.” Invited presentation to a workshop on Private Lawyers and the Public Interest: The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession, April 25, Buffalo, NY.
Sterling, Joyce and Bryant Garth. (May). "Who are the Stars in Your Law Firm? The Most Obvious to Me is that They're All White." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association. Montreal, Canada.

2007

Dinovitzer, Ronit and Robert Nelson. “The Trajectories of Legal Careers.” Invited presentation to the Law Firm Working Group, October 12, Chicago, IL.
Sterling, Joyce. Presentation on After the JD, for AALS Research Committee Session. Annual Meeting of AALS, January, Washington, D.C.
Sterling, Joyce, Bryant G. Garth, and Ronit Dinovitzer. “A Contemporary Picture of the Practice of Law: Views from the Inside.” Presented at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, July 25, Berlin, Germany.