Sex discrimination and law firm culture on the internet
Subtitle: lawyers at the information age watercooler
By: by Amanda K. Baumle.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Women lawyers -- United States; Sex discrimination against women -- United States; Law firms -- Social aspects -- United States; Sex role in the work environment -- United States; Internet -- Social aspects
Description: Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women attorneys rarely sue their employers, and often do not challenge discriminatory behavior. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, where lawyers fail to employ the legal system on their own behalf. By exploring attorneys' use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful tool to challenge inequality. The Internet community itself provides a protected, semi-anonymous forum in which to engage in such discourse, thereby subverting many of the barriers that currently exist to challenging gender inequality in the legal practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.