Hack, Jonathan S. and Jenkins, Clinton M.  <br/><br/>
The attorneys’ gender: Exploring counsel success before the U.S. Supreme Court 

 - Political Research Quarterly  
 - 75(3), Sep, 2022: p.632-645 
<br/><br/> Stereotypes are powerful heuristics structuring decision-making, with research suggesting that gender-based stereotypes place women at a professional disadvantage. This paper tests whether attorneys’ gender influences Supreme Court outcomes. We construct an attorney-focused data set combining personal and professional attributes with case-level characteristics from 1946 to 2016. Our approach brings clarity to previous findings, enabling a longitudinal analysis of women participation before the Court. We find that attorney gender does not influence party success. In doing so, we show that a more nuanced approach is needed when studying the intersection between judicial outcomes and attorney traits. – Reproduced  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gender and courts, Oral arguments, U.S. Supreme court, Judicial decision-making.