This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice

Mar. 18, 2017

Legal leaders prepare young women attorneys to face harassment

Judges and high powered attorneys advise young women lawyers to stand up for themselves and prepare for the inevitability of harassment early in their careers as older male attorneys attempt to intimidate them in the run-up to trial.

By Joshua Sebold
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Judges and high-powered attorneys at a recent panel advised young women lawyers to stand up for themselves and prepare for the inevitability of harassment early in their careers, warning that some older male attorneys would attempt to intimidate them in the run-up to trial.

"It's a fact that women are socialized to be likable. Men are socialized to ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up