American Bar Association

Dear sisters, dear daughters; strategies for success from multicultural women attorneys.

About 45 female attorneys from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds (including a transgender attorney) write letters of inspiration, advice, and encouragement to women considering the legal profession. They describe their educational, professional, and personal journeys to their positions in various practice settings, from small firms to government and nonprofit practices, the judiciary, elected officials, in-house counsel practices, and academia. Frazier is chair of the Multicultural Women Attorneys Network. Forrest formerly served as an officer of the ABA House of Delegates' Minority Caucus. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Fair measure; toward effective attorney evaluations, 2d ed. (CD-ROM included)

From the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, this publication details how law firms can implement and conduct an evaluation program without the gender bias that often influences performance reviews. Joan Williams (law, U. of California, Hastings) and Consuela Pinto, an employment attorney, prepared much of the material, in collaboration with members of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law. They also discuss the psychological literature on stereotyping, and how unbiased evaluations will lead to higher productivity, lower attrition costs, greater client satisfaction, and increased profits. This edition has been updated to incorporate new research on gender bias. The CD-ROM contains appendices, instructions for supervising attorneys on completing performance evaluations, and evaluation training materials. No index is provided. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)