Bar codes : women in the legal profession / Jean McKenzie Leiper.

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Publication details:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2006.

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Record id:

63572

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Author:

Leiper, Jean McKenzie, 1938-

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Series:

Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.).

Subject:

Women lawyers -- Canada -- Social conditions.

Sex role in the work environment -- Canada.

Contents:

1. Introduction: recognizing the codes --2. The Portia of our chambers: voice, robes, and reputation --3. Educating women in the law: becoming gentlemen? --4. Caught in the time crunch --5. Choreographing daily life: clocks, calendars and cycles --6. Careers and curricula vitae --7. Cracking the codes.

Summary:

This book examines Canadian women lawyers' attempts to balance their professional obligations with other aspects of their lives.

Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-236) and index.

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ISBN:

9780774813198

0774813199

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Phys. description:

viii, 242 p. ; 24 cm