Kentucky Law Journal Volume 84 | Issue 4 Article 10 1996 Little rB own Spots on the Notebook Paper: Women as Law School Students Beth L. Goldstein University of Kentucky Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/klj Part of the Legal Education Commons Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Goldstein, Beth L. (1996) "Little rB own Spots on the Notebook Paper: Women as Law School Students," Kentucky Law Journal: Vol. 84 : Iss. 4 , Article 10. Available at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/klj/vol84/iss4/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Kentucky Law Journal by an authorized editor of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Little Brown Spots on the Notebook Paper: Women as Law School Students BY BETH L. GOLDSTEIN* INTRODUCTION S ince the 1980s, law schools have acknowledged their responsi- bility to provide underrepresented groups access to legal education and the legal profession by increasing recruitment and academic support programs for students not traditionally enrolled in law school. Who constitute these underrepresented people varies across the country, often including racial and ethnic minorities, women, working class people. With their entry to law school, new challenges have emerged centered on these students' inclusion in the academic structures and social environments of law programs. The academic backgrounds and learning styles, personal and family responsibilities, economic constraints, values, and goals of these students frequently contrast with those assumed as normative in the traditional law school.