La féminisation du corps professoral des facultés de droit au Québec

Abstract:Despite the relatively late removal of barriers that prevented them from entering the legal profession in Québec, women currently represent the majority of lawyers and notaries as well as over two-thirds of law students in Québec. They are, however, still in the minority among faculty in Québec law schools. The purpose of this article is to offer some insight into the factors that may explain this situation. It first reviews the slow process of feminization in the law schools and among their faculty, before specifically addressing the current situation of female professors in law schools. Various factors such as access to graduate studies in law, the criteria used by law schools to assess candidates for academic positions, and the transformation of universities and their expectations of law professors are examined.