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The person I informally interviewed in regards to the gender expectations and stereotypes was a current female law student, Sam, who is a Latino and is a part of many different organizations at the law school she attends, one of those organizations being for minorities. When it came to joining that group though she says that she felt very obligated to join it because she was a Latino, she felt pressure from many different people in her life, especially her family and teachers at school. Although she does enjoy the organization and she has become the secretary, as of now she wishes she would not have done it because it is so time consuming, especially since she has a job as well.


When it comes to gender expectations and stereotypes in the law field, women are not expected to be as good you could say. They are not set as high of expectations, they are not given as many important jobs says Sam. She has been to a few law firms to observe this and she works at a firm as well. She says there are many more male partners in the firms she has visited and the women do not seem as proactive. The males seem to be running the show. Another thing Sam noticed in the law firms were the male lawyer’s expectations for the female lawyers to make the phone calls and do the run around for them. At law school, Sam says there are many more male teachers as well and they are more open to men then they are to female students. The women at the law schools are also expected to join more groups and be more sociable in class and out of the class. They are expected to me more nurturing when they go outside of school and participate in extracurricular activities and they are also expected to organize these extracurricular activities.