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abstract: 'This article examines the quality of part-time employment for solicitors
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in private practice in Australia. Although full-time jobs based on long
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hours are dominant in the legal profession, part-time jobs, primarily
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taken by women, have attracted attention in recent years. The article
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seeks to answer fundamental questions about the extent and quality of
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these jobs, and how well they serve the needs of the increasingly
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diverse workforce. The article draws on recent surveys and in-depth
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interviews, as well as Census and other secondary data to describe the
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features of the part-time workforce and to explore aspects of poor
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quality such as limited access, inferior job content, stalled career
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progression and narrow schedules. It suggests that the major barrier to
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improving the quality of part-time jobs is the dominant model of
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full-time work in law firms, centred on heavy workloads, high targets of
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`billable hours'' and long working hours.'
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affiliation: 'Campbell, I (Corresponding Author), RMIT Univ, Ctr Appl Social Res,
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GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Vic 3001, Australia.
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Campbell, Iain; Malone, Jenny, RMIT Univ, Ctr Appl Social Res, Melbourne, Vic 3001,
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Australia.
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Charlesworth, Sara, Univ S Australia, Hawke Res Inst, Ctr Work Life, Adelaide, SA
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5001, Australia.'
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author: Campbell, Iain and Charlesworth, Sara and Malone, Jenny
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author-email: 'iain.campbell@rmit.edu.au
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sara.charlesworth@unisa.edu.au'
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author_list:
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- family: Campbell
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given: Iain
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- family: Charlesworth
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given: Sara
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- family: Malone
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given: Jenny
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/1440783311408970
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eissn: 1741-2978
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files: []
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issn: 1440-7833
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journal: JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
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keywords: gender; job quality; legal profession; long hours; part-time work
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keywords-plus: WORK
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language: English
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month: JUN
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '40'
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orcid-numbers: Charlesworth, Sara/0000-0001-6975-9283
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pages: 149-166
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papis_id: 38cce87b8cd46c305674486ea67922a7
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ref: Campbell2012parttimewhat
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researcherid-numbers: Charlesworth, Sara/F-1098-2011
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times-cited: '15'
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title: Part-time of what? Job quality and part-time employment in the legal profession
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in Australia
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000304662800003
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usage-count-last-180-days: '7'
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usage-count-since-2013: '26'
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volume: '48'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2012'
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