Girls Club Does Not Exist

Lawyers in Your Living Room! Law on Television, 2009

10 Pages Posted: 6 Sep 2016

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Jennifer L. Schulz

University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law

Date Written: 2009

Abstract

This chapter focuses on a now off-the-air legal television program called girls club. girls club showed what it is like to be a young female associate in a male corporate world. That world involves sexual harassment, non-supportive senior partners, mixed messages, and real anxiety. Importantly, the show highlighted the importance of negotiation and dispute resolution skills to legal practice. Focusing on young women lawyers, highlighting negotiation, and depicting lawyers’ real feelings made girls club unique. The show posed interesting questions for young women lawyers: Can we be in the “boys club”? Do we want to be in it? Can we change the club? or Should we just form our own club?

Keywords: women lawyers, law and popular culture, lawyers on TV, sexual harassment

Suggested Citation

Schulz, Jennifer L., Girls Club Does Not Exist (2009). Lawyers in Your Living Room! Law on Television, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834009 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2834009

Jennifer L. Schulz (Contact Author)

University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law ( email )

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Canada

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