With the ever-continuing expansion of technology, a plethora of data has become readily available for those seeking to learn about their field in depth. A person can now access information that until recently was only available to professionals in that sector. As a result, I wanted to see how much insight I could actually gain about sexism in the legal profession by looking at various articles on the internet and comparing which sources were the most helpful.
I began my research with a scholarly article from the American Bar Association titled, Sex Discrimination in the Legal Profession. This article was very research based and discussed the most common forms of sex discrimination. I became highly informed and shocked at the things I learned, for instance many top law schools actually admit to scrutinizing women applicants harder than men (Dinerman 1).
I continued my investigation with an article from Ms.JD, which is a nonprofit organization that dedicates its success to aspiring and early career women lawyers. The post I focused on was titled, What No One Tells You Before You Go to Law School: You’re Entering a Sexist Profession and it described a woman’s experience with sexism in the legal environment. The post was both personal and informative, it gave specific details of her encounters of being treated unequally as well as referenced statistics from Yale Law.
In terms of reliability, obviously the article from the American Bar Association contains the least amount of bias since it focuses on fact based research. Although I gained a lot of knowledge from this piece, analyzing it was mind numbingly dull since it was meant to be read by peers in that profession. On the other hand, the Ms. JD blog was a pretty enjoyable read for me since I am basically their target audience and it allowed me to obtain a new understanding from one person’s perspective.
There are pros and cons to each source and at the end of the day they both educated me on my desired topic. If you are doing actual fieldwork, I would suggest using google scholar or a library database to get accurate information. Aside from that, legal journals and blogs are great sources too because they give you a summarized version of those scholarly articles mixed with an opinion, which can be helpful.
By: Jasmine Shafquat
American Bar Association Logo. Digital image. Ms. JD. ABA, n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2015
I began my research with a scholarly article from the American Bar Association titled, Sex Discrimination in the Legal Profession. This article was very research based and discussed the most common forms of sex discrimination. I became highly informed and shocked at the things I learned, for instance many top law schools actually admit to scrutinizing women applicants harder than men (Dinerman 1).
In terms of reliability, obviously the article from the American Bar Association contains the least amount of bias since it focuses on fact based research. Although I gained a lot of knowledge from this piece, analyzing it was mind numbingly dull since it was meant to be read by peers in that profession. On the other hand, the Ms. JD blog was a pretty enjoyable read for me since I am basically their target audience and it allowed me to obtain a new understanding from one person’s perspective.
There are pros and cons to each source and at the end of the day they both educated me on my desired topic. If you are doing actual fieldwork, I would suggest using google scholar or a library database to get accurate information. Aside from that, legal journals and blogs are great sources too because they give you a summarized version of those scholarly articles mixed with an opinion, which can be helpful.
By: Jasmine Shafquat
American Bar Association Logo. Digital image. Ms. JD. ABA, n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2015
Dinerman, Beatrice. “Sex Discrimination in the Legal Profession”. American Bar Association Journal 55.10 (1969): 951–954. Web..
Monahan, Alison. "What No One Tells You Before You Go to Law School: You’re Entering a Sexist Profession." Ms. JD. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2015
MS. JD Logo. Digital image. Ms. JD. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2015.
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