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Student perceptions of media representation of female lawyers

Student perceptions of media representation of female lawyers . An examination of the perceptions of undergraduate law students in relation to the depiction and representation of female lawyers in the media and film . http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w&feature=share&list=RDLS37SNYjg8w

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Student perceptions of media representation of female lawyers

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  1. Student perceptions of media representation of female lawyers An examination of the perceptions of undergraduate law students in relation to the depiction and representation of female lawyers in the media and film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w&feature=share&list=RDLS37SNYjg8w Harry Enfield BBC

  2. Main areas. • Female lawyers position in UK • Media Portrayal of female lawyers in film/television • Public/ Student perceptions of female lawyers • The relationship between the three.

  3. Statistics: • Lawyers in practice • Law students • law students @ Chester. • (67% female) • Law society annual statistical report 2010. • SRA Diversity Monitoring Statistics 2012

  4. Top of profession ? • Number of barristers – 50% women • Number of Queen’s Counsel – 12% • Number of High Court Judges.- 15% • Source :http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/ ‘It is tiring to have to be talking about why we have so few women in the higher ranks of the judiciary….but we do have to talk about it because the present situation is terrible’ Baroness Hale 2013 Daily Telegraph interview. Helena Kennedy (1992)

  5. Schedule of qualitative/empirical research • Initial meetings/Focus groups • Intervention with film extracts : • Typically using : • Katherine Hepburn in ‘Adam’s Rib’(1949) • Julia Roberts & others in ‘Erin Brockovich’(2000) • Emma Thompson as Gareth Pierce in ‘In the Name of the Father’(1993) • Mary Steenburgen in ‘Philadelphia’(1993) • Maxine Peake in ‘Silk’(2012)

  6. Limitations with research process ? • Sample size • Subjectivity of extracts chosen • Anticipation/suggestibility of students taking part.

  7. Extracts used: some examples here. • Legally Blonde (2001): extract 1: extract 2 • Erin Brockovich (2000) : face off in the office • In the Name of the Father (1993): first meeting with Gareth ; finding evidence ; appeal court

  8. Early analysis of interviews • General acknowledgement of negative female depictions • Acceptance of limitations in the profession based on experience • Ability to distinguish between media story and the need to entertain & reality.

  9. References Statistics The Judiciary of England & Wales – website below http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/diversity-stats-and-gen-overview The Law Society – Entry Trends Law Society's annual statistical report, 2010. http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/careers/becoming-a-solicitor/entry-trends/accessed 23/04/14 Articles Barnett,Emma(2013) Britain's most senior female judge: our legal system is still not promoting enough women. Daily Telegraph 15/03/13http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/9933203/Britains-most-senior-female-judge-Baroness-Hale-our-legal-system-is-still-not-promoting-enough-women.html Books. Asimow M & Mader S ‘Law & Popular Culture: a course book’ Peter Lang publishing, New York (2013) Kennedy H ‘ Eve was Framed ‘2nd revised edition (2005) Vintage London Gerbner,G (2002) Growing up with television: The Cultivation Perspective. In Media effects : advances in theory and research. 2nd ed. Jennings Bryant & DolfZillmaneds.Hillsdale,NJ: Erlbaum.

  10. References continued. Films Adam's Rib, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 12:45 10/11/2007, BBC TWO, 95mins. http://bobnational.net/record/199042, (Accessed 07/05/2014). Silk, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 21:00 22/2/2011, BBC ONE, 60mins. http://bobnational.net/record/51352, (Accessed 07/05/2014). Erin Brockovich, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 22:00 9/12/2009, Channel 5, 110mins. http://bobnational.net/record/19946, (Accessed 07/05/2014). Philadelphia, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 21:45 7/1/2012, Channel 5, 150mins. http://bobnational.net/record/83132, (Accessed 07/05/2014). In the Name of the Father, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 00:30 21/3/2010, ITV, 139mins. http://bobnational.net/record/26485, (Accessed 07/05/2014). Clips Legally Blonde, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 22:05 19/9/2009, BBC THREE, 100mins. http://bobnational.net/record/217230/media_id/218473, (Accessed 07/05/2014). Legally Blonde, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 22:05 19/9/2009, BBC THREE, 100mins. http://bobnational.net/record/217231/media_id/218476, (Accessed 07/05/2014). Erin Brockovich, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 22:00 9/12/2009, Channel 5, 110mins. http://bobnational.net/record/217235/media_id/218478, (Accessed 07/05/2014). In the Name of the Father, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 00:30 21/3/2010, ITV, 139mins. http://bobnational.net/record/217257/media_id/218499, (Accessed 07/05/2014). In the Name of the Father, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 00:30 21/3/2010, ITV, 139mins. http://bobnational.net/record/217697/media_id/218921, (Accessed 07/05/2014). In the Name of the Father, [television programme, online], Prod. credit n.k., Prod. company n.k., Prod. country n.k., 00:30 21/3/2010, ITV, 139mins. http://bobnational.net/record/217702/media_id/218929, (Accessed 07/05/2014). Videos Harry Enfield & Chums ‘Women Know Your Limits ‘BBC 10th June 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w&feature=share&list=RDLS37SNYjg8w

  11. Contact details • Wendy Steel • W.steel@chester.ac.uk • 01244 513434 • Senior Lecturer • Law School • 67 Liverpool Road • University of Chester • CH1 4 BJ

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