Recommended Citation
Ann Juliano,
How to Look Like A Lawyer,
34(2)
St. John's Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development
151
(2021).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/facpubs/24
Abstract
Law schools often claim that they are teaching students “how to think like a lawyer.” What is less touted, however, is that students are learning how to look like a lawyer. They receive this message from multiple sources (faculty, alumni, peers, the career office) concerning a variety of situations: class, interviews, moot court, trial team, symposia and conferences. For law students who are first generation, these sources may be the only avenue (apart from the entertainment industry) of determining how to look like a lawyer. For law students who are transgender or gender non-binary, dress code advice dispensed along men/women categories reinforces that they are outside of the typical framework.
ISSN
1049-0299