#GAReads | Judges who've served with women more likely to hire women

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“Judges who've served with women more likely to hire women”:

Federal appellate judges are more likely to hire women to prestigious court clerkships after serving on panels with female colleagues, new Cornell research shows.

The findings suggest diversity at a profession’s highest levels may open doors for underrepresented groups at entry levels, potentially helping to reduce discrimination, said Eleonora Patacchini and Marco Battaglini, economics professors in the College of Arts and Sciences.

“We find a strong impact of exposure to female judicial colleagues on future hires,” Patacchini said. “It creates opportunities if judges, or company managers, may change their beliefs and then change their hiring behavior.”

Read James Dean’s full article at the Cornell Chronicle here…