San Diego Law Review
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The concern about achieving balance in order to enrich the lives of women attorneys has grown today to become a problem of such proportions that many women now leave the practice of law because they find they cannot achieve a satisfactory quality of life within its strictures. This exodus not only affects the women who abandon a professional position in which they invested hard work, financial resources, and emotional wherewithal to achieve, but also our society in general. The under-representation of women practicing law impacts the culture of the legal profession and the quality of legal services offered to clients. Just as gender bias projects a negative message to clients, under-representation of women in the legal profession sends a message to clients that there is no room for diversity in a historically male-dominated legal profession and serves to negatively impact all women desiring to obtain the assistance of an attorney.
Recommended Citation
Leslie L. Cooney,
Walking the Legal Tightrope: Solutions for Achieving a Balanced Life in Law,
47
San Diego L. Rev.
421
(2010).
Available at:
https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol47/iss2/5