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Joyce Sterling

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After the JD: A National Study of Lawyer Careers
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The Making of Lawyers’ Careers: Inequality and Opportunity in the American Legal Profession
October 2023
Robert L. Nelson, Ronit Dinovitzer, Bryant Garth, Joyce Sterling, David B. Wilkins, Meghan Dawe and Ethan Michelson
  • Articles
Diversity, Hierarchy, and Fit in Legal Careers: Insights from Fifteen Years of Qualitative Interviews
October 2017
Bryant Garth and Joyce Sterling
  • Reports
After the JD III: Third Results from a National Study of Legal Careers
2014
Ronit Dinovitzer, Bryant Garth, Robert L. Nelson, Rebecca Sandefur, Gabriele Plickert, Joyce Sterling and David B. Wilkins
  • Articles
Buyers’ Remorse? An Empirical Assessment of the Desirability of a Legal Career
November 2013
Bryant Garth, Ronit Dinovitzer and Joyce Sterling
  • Reports
After the JD II: Second Results from a National Study of Legal Careers
2009
Ronit Dinovitzer, Robert L. Nelson, Joyce Sterling, Rebecca Sandefur, Bryant Garth, John Hagan, David B. Wilkins, Gabriele Plickert, Terry K. Adams and Gita Z. Wilder
  • Reports
After the JD: First Results of a National Study of Legal Careers
2004
Ronit Dinovitzer, Bryant Garth, Joyce Sterling, Gita Z. Wilder and Richard Sander

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