CRJ 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Gender Role, Billable Hours, Family Law
5 Dec 2016
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Chapter 12: women working in courts (december 1, 2016) Introduction: four traditional obstacles to working in the legal profession: (for women) Having access to take the bar exam. Having access to try cases in upper-courts even after passing the bar. Finding employment: theories o(cid:374) wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s legal thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (1) stronger feminist consciousness * View that women legal professionals will have a better understanding of oppression given their own experiences with it and they will view themselves as representing women (2) different moral voice * Approach law in a more cooperative, caring fashion and take into a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t (cid:373)ore of the (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)tual details o(cid:374) their (cid:272)lie(cid:374)ts" li(cid:448)es. History of women on juries: women did not historically serve on juries. In 1957 the civil rights act permitted women to serve on federal juries, but said nothing about state juries. Could avoid jury duty solely because they were women.
