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10 Nova L.J. 843 (1985-1986)
A Neglected Minority - Women in Law School

handle is hein.journals/novalr10 and id is 861 raw text is: A Neglected Minority - Women In Law School Faith Seidenberg Faith Seidenberg has been a leading civil rights attorney for over thirty years, actively involved in Congress of Racial Equality, Na- tional Organization for Women and American Civil Liberties Union. She is a member of an all-woman law firm and, as an ad- junct professor at Syracuse University College of Law, teaches a course entitled Women in Law. How much farther we will have to go to create those profound changes that would give birth to a genderless society .... Beyond to a species with a new name, that would not dare define itself as man. Robin Morgan' There are more women in law school than ever before, but many of them do not stay in the legal profession. In August, 1985, the New York Times published an article entitled Women in the Law: Many Are Getting Out: In March, Madeline Hornwood did something that shocked many of her friends, relatives and colleagues. She decided to stop working as a lawyer. The 28-year-old former litigator had practiced law in Manhat- tan for nearly four years. In that time, she said, several things caused her to sour on the profession, including the adversarial na- ture of the work, sexism, her feeling that she wasn't contributing to society and the lack of time for a personal life. So even though she owed $16,000 in loans for her legal educa- tion, she quit her job with a law firm and is now looking for some- thing in the real estate field. She is certain, she says, that she will never return to the law.2 1. R. MORGAN, GoODBYE TO ALL THAT as reprinted in THE AMERICAN SISTER- HOOD 360 (1972). 2. Klemesrud, N.Y. Times, Aug. 9, 1985.

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