Sex Differneces in the Attitudes of a Future Elite:

A mail questionnaire was sent to students in the University of Cincinnati College of Law to determine whether previously discovered sex differences in the values and attitudes of appellate attorneys would continue to be revealed in this group of the future elite. While women continued to show more social welfarist values than men and continued to deemphasize the financial condition of the client, they appeared only slightly more liberal than men on questions of judicial policy and general political orientation. Women's motivations for selecting legal careers were equivalent to men's, but women were more likely to plan practices in government or interest groups.