Instead of drawing attention to similarities among peers in the legal world, this study emphasizes how female and male lawyers and judges experience and attribute meaning to difference and diversity in their professional trajectory. It focuses on how professionalism intersects with social markers, especially gender and sexuality. The data collected shows the new organization of Sao Paulo law firms and the composition of the São Paulo State Court and the Federal Regional Court, which provides a comparative perspective on gender stratification of private and public legal practice. The research team interviewed 24 lawyers, 18 state judges and 10 federal court judges (women and men) providing material to support a classification of how lawyers and judges perceive inclusion and diversity or discrimination and prejudice in their careers.
Professionalism; Legal world; Gender; Difference; Diversity
