Research Catalog

Title

The Woman advocate / Abbe F. Fletman and Evelyn R. Storch, editors.

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fletman, Abbe F.
• Storch, Evelyn R.
• American Bar Association. Section of Litigation.

Description

xi, 295 p. : ports.; 23 cm.

Subject

Women lawyers > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-257) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. Where we are. Introduction / Abbe F. Fletman ; Women in the courtroom today / Tara Trask ; Striking a balance in law and life / Alana K. Bassin ; Staying in the game / Paulette Brown ; Succeeding as a woman of color / Kimberly M. Talley ; Inside and out / Laura W. Brill -- pt. II. How we got there. Using emotional intelligence / Ellen Ostrow ; Battling bias: managing the difficult adversary / Evelyn R. Storch ; Making rain / Linda A. Monica ; To be a good lawyer and a good boss (they're not mutually exclusive) / Lucia E. Coyoca ; Teaching and learning from others / Dinita L. James ; Taking the lead in our firms, careers, communities and cases / Sandra Giannone Ezell ; The elements of style / Janet S. Kole ; Having fun / Nan Joesten -- pt. III. What our environment Is like. Life in a big firm / Kourtney L. James, Gillian A. Hobson and Paula W. Hinton ; Becoming a successful women-owned law firm: my life in law before, during and after / Beth L. Kaufman ; Life as a corporate In-house counsel / Barbara A. Moore ; View from the bench / Gene E.K. Pratter ; Life in a public interest organization / Margaret Lambe Jurow ; Signed, sealed, delivered: my life as a government lawyer / Tiffany M. Williams ; Small firm practice: you eat what you kill / Amy Messigian ; Life in a university / Deborah L. Rhode -- pt. IV. Where we're going. Bridging the generational divide / Beatrice O'Donnell and Anne Marie Seibel ; R U ready: the Internet for women litigators / Sandra A. Jeskie ; The next act / Phyllis W. Beck ; Are we there yet? : in search of equality in the legal profession / Roberta D. Liebenberg.

ISBN

9781604427233

OCLC

610215387

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library