SOC379H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Reproduction, Visible Minority, Pragmatism
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Access and inequality in law: stratification in the legal profession meghan dawe. The legal profession itself is a sign of social reproduction. Earnings of canadian lawyers: between 1996 and 2006, the average employment income for full-time lawyers in. Canada increased from ,617 to ,345 (an increase of 74. 4%): while law is considered an elite profession, it is not an equal playing ground. Women in the legal profession: women have made substantial gains in the legal profession, but . Higher attrition from law firms and underrepresented among partners. Racial/ethnic minority women in the legal profession: women remain underrepresented among racial/ethnic minority lawyers. Representation and location of immigrant lawyers: 14. 8% of new lawyers are first and 1. 5 generation (lab, 28. 8% of new lawyers are second generation/immigrant offspring (lab, in major metropolitan areas. History of immigrant lawyers: immigrants historically barred from the profession through formal entry barriers, including; Rising tuition costs (law school less than 4,000, went up to 25,000, now.
