NSF Org:	EES Div. of Equity for Excellence in STEM
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Initial Amendment Date:	July 3, 1991
Latest Amendment Date:	July 3, 1991
Award Number:	9103271
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Lola E. Rogers EES  Div. of Equity for Excellence in STEM EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	September 1, 1991
End Date:	December 31, 1992 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$125,921.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$125,921.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1991 = $125,921.00
History of Investigator:	Carroll Seron (Principal Investigator) seron@uci.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of California-Los Angeles 10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700 LOS ANGELES CA  US  90024-4200 (310)794-0102
Sponsor Congressional District:	36
Primary Place of Performance:	DATA NOT AVAILABLE
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	RN64EPNH8JC6
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	SPECIAL PROGRAMS-RESERVE, VISITNG PROFESS FOR WOMEN
Primary Program Source:
Program Reference Code(s):	1372, 9225
Program Element Code(s):	914500, 922500
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

This project looks at the work of small-firm and solo legal practitioners as they confront new opportunities to market and advertise services, incorporate innovative ways to computerize offices, and respond to the entry of women into the labor market. In various and complicated ways, each of these developments captures essential themes of the late twentieth century and challenges traditional professional practices. The ways in which these legal practitioners describe and understand their life-style, values, aspirations, expectations, and commitments provide an entry point for examining contemporary economic, political, and social values of urban America. This effort addresses a significant and little-studied issue in law and social science, how developments in marketing, technology, and the participation of women in the law labor force have affected small and solo practitioner firms. It furthers VPW program objectives to provide opportunities for women to advance their careers in science or engineering through research, and to encourage other women to pursue careers in these areas through the investigators' enhanced visibility as role models on the host campuses. In this project, the proposed activities which contribute to the second objective include: teaching a graduate course in the sociology department, and giving seminars at the law school, sociology department, and Center for the Study of Women.

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