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When: 
Monday, October 17, 2022 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: 
Simon 124
Presenter: 
Jorgen Harris-Occidental College
Price: 
Free

We study the effect of hearing cases alongside female judicial colleagues on the probability that a federal judge hires a female law clerk. Federal judges are assigned to judicial panels at random and have few limitations on their choices of law clerks. Using a unique dataset of federal case records merged with judicial hiring information, we find a significant effect of the fraction of co-panelists who are female on a male judge’s likelihood of hiring a female clerk. This finding suggests that increases in the diversity of the upper rungs of a profession can create opportunities at the entry-level.

Sponsored by: 
Department of Economics