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Title: The Underrepresentation of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Legal Occupations

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: For the purpose of this research, minorities are defined as both racial and ethnic categories that are numerically inferior than the majority racial or ethnic group. Historical social inferiority is an arguable consequence of numerical inferiority, but is not included in this research’s definition of a minority. In this research, we see how women are numerically inferior in certain legal occupations, however gender/sex is also incorporated within the broader category of racial and ethnic minorities. Current literature utilizing census bureau data, goes into some detail about the underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minority lawyers. However, this research project reaches greater depth concerning the representation of racial/ethnic groups as lawyers in addition to other legal occupations such as: judges, paralegals, legal support workers, legal assistants, and judicial clerks. The goal is to see how racial and ethnic representation has changed over time spanning back almost forty years. Variables such as age, race, average earnings, regional placement, and sex/gender are used in this . . .

Url: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1316&context=honors

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Authors: Beaulieu, Maria

Institution: University of Maine

Department: Economics

Advisor: Philip Trostel

Degree: Honors

Publisher Location: Orono, Maine

Pages: 43

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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