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Article: ABA Journal reports on U.S. Supreme Court decision forbidding law firms to discriminate against women as potential partners.
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- August 24, 1984
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CHICAGO, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Women lawyers cheered by the U.S. Supreme Court decision forbidding law firms to discriminate against women as potential partners may be in for a big letdown, according to a copyrighted article in the current (September) issue of the ABA Journal.
The lawyers' magazine, in an article by University of Akron law professor Paul Zarefsky, points out several sobering morning-after realities after the initial celebrating over the decision in Hishon vs. King & Spauling: -- The ruling does not affect law firms with fewer than 15 employees. Three out of five lawyers are with firms of 10 or fewer lawyers. -- The theory ...