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Same Performance But More Attractive, Yet Less Reward: The Plights of Nigerian Female Lawyers in Private Practice

Authors: IMOSEMI Adekunbi

Publication Type: Journal article

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Women who seek to enter the legal profession face great barriers in Nigeria and most other jurisdictions. Because men controlled the system, women were dependent on them to construct and interpret the laws allowing them to become lawyers and pursue equality under the law. The number of women in the legal profession has grown tremendously over the last 10 years, with women now representing about half of all law school graduates. Despite a decade-long channelling of women into the profession, womenâ€˜s rendition among law firm partnerships remains hopelessly low. One key reason responsible for womenâ€˜s minority presence among law firm partners is the high level of attenuation of women associates from law firms. The major objective of this article is to critically examine, gender and the work culture in Nigerian private law firms. The established impediments affecting women lawyers, including culture/family orientation, the attitude of long working hours in the law firms, the persistence of a gendered division of labour in the private sphere, the on-going gender pay gap in Nigeria are also interrogated. The findings of this study show that female lawyers are less paid than their male counterparts and that there is every likelihood for her to be sexually harassed. Furthermore, the possibility to attain partnership is much lower for female than for male lawyers in the long run. The overall results show existence of discrimination in private legal practice in Nigeria.

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