Women who argue in front of the US Supreme Court win just as often as men – but it’s harder for them to get there.

Hack, Jonathan S. and Jenkins, Clinton M. (2021) Women who argue in front of the US Supreme Court win just as often as men – but it’s harder for them to get there. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (16 Jul 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Over the past 70 years, lawyers have argued cases before the US Supreme Court more than 10,000 times, but just under seven percent of these appearances have been by women. In new research, Jonathan S. Hack and Clinton M. Jenkins find that while over time, women have been no less likely to win a Supreme Court case than men, women have had to be, on average, more qualified and experienced compared to their male counterparts in order to be able to appear there in the first place.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law > KF United States Federal Law
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2021 14:12
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:14
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111774

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