Response #24

I interviewed a friend that is in her first year at law school in Michigan. She has always wanted to attend law school but started her career at Michigan State University, and thought that maybe law was not for her. It was expected that she put such great time and effort into studying that she wanted to explore other options. She finished her degree at Rochester College and is now attending Oakland University law school. When I asked her if she felt any pressure or felt stereotyped on the expectations while she was attending law school, she did not have any direct answers that were personal. Instead, she said she did seem from professor to professor that women professors in law school were harder on the female students rather than the male students. At first I found this surprising. However, it somewhat makes sense. Women Lawyers want women law students to be successful and taken serious in the law field. Therefore, this may have an effect on them pushing women law students a little harder than males. Males tend to have an easier role in society n what type of job they will receive and more often with a little higher pay. She also noticed that the women were the most competitive in the classes. They were the ones to withhold information from other people. This could be that women feel they need to be the best of the best or otherwise they might not be able to obtain a well paying job because they could not outdo there counterparts. Whatever the reasons, it shows that the stereotypes exist in the real world and especially in law school. Women feel there is a greater need for them to succeed in the law profession because the competition is so much higher for them than men.