Discriminating lawyers /
[edited by] Philip Thomas.
- London : Cavendish Pub., c2000
- xx, 271 p. ; 24 cm.
"Foreword by The Right Honourable Lord Bingham of Cornhill" - Cover
Foreword. - Contributors. - Introduction. - Abbreviations. 1. The Future of Advocacy / Stephen Sedley. 2. Law Students - Getting In and Getting On / Philip A. Thomas, Alison Rees. 3. All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go? Part Time Law Students and the Legal Profession / Andrew M. Francis, Iain W. McDonald. 4. Women in the Law School - Shoals of Fish, Starfish or Fish Out of Water? / Fiona Cownie. 5. Young, Gifted and Blocked! Entry to the Solicitors' Profession / Michael Shiner. 6. Hearing Black and Asian Voices - An Exploration of Identity / Sumitra Vignaendra, Marcia Williams, Jerry Garvey. 7. Professionalism, Discrimination, Difference and Choice in Women's Experience in Law Jobs / Peter Sanderson, Hilary Sommerlad. 8. 'Up or Out' - Means or Ends? Staff Retention in Large Firms / Robert G. Lee. 9. Little Justice - Judicial Reform and the Magistrates / Luke Clements 10. Promoting Diversity in the Judiciary - Reforming the Judicial Appointments Process / Kate Malleson. - Bibliography. - Index.
The authors of this book, all of whom are specialists in their respective fields, have identified various stages in a lawyer's career. The analysis starts with entry into university and finishes with a review of the most senior lawyers. At the various stages, formal and informal barriers are identified and their consequences spelt out. Many of the authors include original data and the findings of their own survey work to support their conclusions. - Back cover