Blog 10

Formulate a research plan that includes:

Statement of purpose (what you hope to show/discover)

I hope to show that there is an excessive need for women in the courtroom to obsess over there appearance in order to feel confident in their professionalism and to be taken seriously in the courtroom.

Detailed statement of your research question:

As a female law student, are there higher expectations of fashion in the court room; how does fashion effect the jury and the perception of the prospective lawyer?

List of the information you need to gather:

                Whether as a female in the courtroom they feel the need to do more?

                Are there certain expectations for women in the courtroom?

                Do you find yourself needing to care more about your appearance than others?

                Do you think there is a pressure to look good in the court room?

                Do you believe as a lawyer you truly need to dress for success?

A preliminary list of sources:

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/gonlr45&div=9&g_sent=1&collection=journals#211

http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ucinlr61&div=54&g_sent=1&collection=journals#1219

Plan for gathering your information that includes:

•             Who/what you will be studying (for example:. students in a College Composition class, how they think about the comments teachers write on their papers)

                Perspective female lawyers- women in law school preferably L3

•             Where you will collect your information (for example:. in interviews at Kean University)

                I will be collecting my information solely through the internet and by phone call is necessary

•             How many subjects you will study (for example: 3)

                At least 2 female law students

•             What methods you will use to conduct your study (for example:. interviews, textual analysis, discourse analysis)

                Interview via chat room one personal and a small group chat

Blog 9

I will be researching weather as a female law student, if there are higher expectations of fashion choice in the court room and how fashion effects the jury and the perception of the prospective lawyer? I would like to discover weather or not there is an excessive need for women in the courtroom to borderline obsess over there appearance in order to feel confident in their professionalism and to be taken seriously in the courtroom.

Questions:
What year in law school are you?
Where do you go to law school?
Would you say there are many women in the law profession?
About how many ?
Why do you think that is so?
Have you worked or interned at a law firm?
Which one?
Where there many women?
How did they dress?
How did they carry themselves?
Do you feel as though the females in the law firm were pressured to look a certain way?
Why do you you feel that way?
Do you have any stories that relate to your career in law and your fashion choices?
About haw long would you say you take to get ready in the morning/
Would you say that you are fashion forward?
Do you think your appearance effects the type of clientele you acquire?
if so can you give me some examples?
how do you feel about skirts vs. pants in the court room?
Do you think the way you dress and present yourself effects peoples perception of you?
How so?
Have you ever felt the need to dress a certain way for the court room?
How would you define your courtroom style?
How would you define your everyday style?
IF there is a significant difference why do you think that is so?
Do you feel that the way you dress effects how people see you?
If your wardrobe was criticized would you feel the need to change?
Even if that meant leaving your comfort zone?
In your experience have you found that certain colors or styles are preferential to certain people ?
Can you give examples?

Blog 8

Research Question: How does the interviewer (Ch) motivate/steer the interviewee (B) into answering her questions despite his reluctance? 

From my analysis of the gaming transcript it was fairly clear that the interviewee was reluctant in answering the interviewers questions. This is something in research that may often happen where an interviewer has a hard time getting there participant to really engage and participate in the interview. I feel as though the interviewer did a good job in steering the interviewee to engage in conversation.

Evidence

Ch   so it's interesting, games aren't really considered software are they? Ch guides conversation

B      they are – agrees - reluctantly

 

B      yeah, but it's just games (laughing) games are no big deal

B      Well, just in learning how to learn a program, I just see buttons, tool tips and ah I make a go at it, the scissors mean I can cut in here, and I can just cut and drag and drop - these a simple things everyone

knows, I guess the only reason I can pick up learning a program is that I just have that knack, no other way to explain it.everybody should know

 
B      well like a lot of games, in the beginning, there's menus.  You don't just start playing.  There's menus, you get to customize your decal your spray, clothes, 
 

laughing

 

It's not all playing the game it's a lot of process to prepare for it, there's like box, scripts, you practice it, and you're not playing with other people, you're just like fooling around. Minimizing

  

B      I wasn't being graded - there's no - all right man, let's pass this class you've got to

 

Blog 7

Hello participant, my name is Tanaera Green, I am a Junior at Kean University majoring in English and Psychology with a minor in criminal justice and I am researching the relationship between clothing and the court room, and how clothing can prove to be influential in a persons perception. I have chosen you to participate in this study because you often frequent the court room and understand the expectations for how to dress in this environment. I would like to ask you for your honest opinion on how you feel about clothing option in the court room, which will remain anonymous after which point I will ask you corresponding questions to further clarify. We will meet in person upon your convenience for a 30 minute period which is subject to the conversation and can be shortened or extended.

Blog 6

• Why doesn't the teacher offer comments on things that were good in the paper?
• Why weren’t the teachers comments more positive?
• Are the teachers properly explaining what they want from the students?
• Does it matter if the teacher start off with positive or negative comments in the beginning or in the end?
• How do the general statements work if they are in the beginning?
• How do the general statements work if they are at the end?
• Why did the teacher choose to bold their font when commenting back to their student?
• How does poor proofreading affect the effectiveness of comments?
• Why did the teacher highlight only one word and not the whole sentence?
• How do questions work in student commenting?

Topics

Focus: Women in the Court room

Research Questions:

• Are women in the court room only perceived as one of two extremes: Bitch or Timid (nurturing)?
• Are women even in the race?
• What is probability a woman is chosen for a promotion?
• How women "climb" the court room ladder
• Is there more than just lies spread in the court room?  

Focus: Clothing in the court room (jury persuasion)

Research Questions:

• Do attorneys manipulate jurors using clothing choice? For themselves? For their clients?
• Can you really dress for success?
• Dose the price of a suit reflect the success of the lawyer?

Who has studied this question and what do they say: (sources)

• Sisters in law: women lawyers in modern America
• Law and Psychology review
• What's gender got to do with it ...

What do I need to find out to answer this question:

• Interviews- transcriptions
• Accessibility to women lawyers who would have the knowledge to answer questions
• Focus group- recorded conversations
• Chat interview

What do I need to do to gather information that will answer my question

• Socio linguistics- analysis of court room dynamics
• Women's perceptions
• What men do to aid- negative & positive
• Language Analysis
• Pragmatics