How to Look Like A Lawyer
Abstract
Law schools often claim that they are teaching students “how to think like a lawyer.” What is less touted, however, is that students are learning how to look like a lawyer. They receive this message from multiple sources (faculty, alumni, peers, the career office) concerning a variety of situations: class, interviews, moot court, trial team, symposia and conferences. For law students who are first generation, these sources may be the only avenue (apart from the entertainment industry) of determining how to look like a lawyer. For law students who are transgender or gender non-binary, dress code advice dispensed along men/women categories reinforces that they are outside of the typical framework.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Legal Education and Practice Innovations
Law in Society and Culture
Business Law and Ethics
Publication details
- Publisher
- Center for Open Science
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 4
- Publication date
- 8 July 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint