Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ517252
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Factors Influencing the Choice of Law as a Career by Black Women.
Simpson, Gwyned
Journal of Career Development, v22 n3 p197-209 Spr 1996
A study to identify factors influencing African American women (n=340) to enter the legal profession found that influences included value placed on educational and occupational achievement, having a working mother and other black women as role models, their parents' nonsexist attitude, early work experience, and educational opportunities provided by university affirmative action programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Career Choice, Educational Opportunities, Females, Influences, Lawyers, Role Models
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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