The female lawyers seemed to benefit from the presence of male lawyers, regarding their perceived competence and credibility, not breaking the gender rules as harshly working side by side with men and thus, in many ways, they did not need to abide by stirct gender rules as fiercely.
Kvenlögmennirnir virtust njóta góðs af nærveru karlalögmanna hvað almennan trúverðugleika varðaði, þar sem kyngervisreglur kvenna voru ekki jafn harkalega brotnar þegar kynin unnu saman. Þá þuftu konurnar ekki að setja sér jafn strangar reglur að mörgu leyti.