The vanishing American lawyer / / Thomas D. Morgan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453369203321
• Autore: Morgan Thomas D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010; ©2010
• ISBN: 0-19-974937-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.023/73
• Soggetti: Lawyers - United States; Practice of law - United States; Law - Study and teaching - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1. THE UNSETTLED WORLD OF AMERICAN LAWYERS""; ""A. Pervasive Lawyer Anxiety""; ""B. What Is a Lawyer?""; ""C. Why Lawyers Anxiety May Be Intensifying""; ""D. Putting Some of the Concerns Into Perspective""; ""E. Why Should Lawyers Anxiety Interest Us?""; ""CHAPTER 2. AMERICAN LAWYERS ARE NOT PART OF A PROFESSION""; ""A. The Problematic Emphasis on Law as a Profession""; ""B. Two Appropriate Uses of the Term Professional""; ""C. The Mistake of Transforming Professionals Into a Profession""; ""D. Could the World Get Along Without a Legal Profession?"" ""E. Some Perspective on Lawyers as a Profession The English Legal Tradition""; ""F. The Early Days in America and the Rejection of English Law and Lawyering""; ""G. The American Bar Association and the Renewed Rhetoric that Law Is a Profession""; ""H. The Significance of the Survey of the Legal Profession""; ""I. What Makes the Professionalism Ideal Survive?""; ""1. Confidentiality of Client Information""; ""2. Committed Advocacy on a Client's Behalf""; ""3. Preservation of the Rule of Law and Independence From Clients""; ""4. Making Legal Services Widely Available"" ""J. Law in America Is Not a Profession And That's a Good Thing""; ""CHAPTER 3. THE TRANSFORMATION OF LAW PRACTICE SINCE THE 1970's""; ""A. Judicial ; Abrogation of Lawyer Standards""; ""B. The Dramatic Growth in the Number of Lawyers""; ""C. The Impact of Globalization on Lawyers and Law Practice""; ""D. Modern Information Technology and the Transformation of Lawyers Work""; ""E. The Growth of Law Firms as Premier Practice Organizations""; ""1. How Lawyers Charge for Their Services""; ""2. The Matter of Leverage""; ""3. The Law Firm as a Tournament"" ""F. Transformation of the Hemispheres of the Bar""; ""G. Transformation of the Relative Power of In-House and Outside Counsel""; ""H. The Diminished Significance of Licensing""; ""CHAPTER 4. HOW AMERICAN LAWYERS AND FIRMS SHOULD ADDRESS THE NEW REALITIES""; ""A. The Future Course of an Individual Lawyer's Career""; ""1. Lawyers Offering Basic Services for Individual Clients""; ""2. Contested Disputes Requiring Resolution""; ""3. Lawyers for Corporate and Other Organizational Clients""; ""4. Lives Individual Lawyers Are Likely to Lead""; ""B. Private Firms Are Likely to Be as Important as Ever""""1. Firms Help Lawyers Diversify Risk""; ""2. Firms Help Achieve Economies of Scope, i.e., the Ability to Work on Projects""; ""3. Firms Can Develop Reputations and Brand Names The Matter of Marketing""; ""C. The Challenge of Meeting Diverse Client Needs Anywhere in the World""; ""1. The Need to Serve Clients that Have National and Worldwide Activities""; ""2. Developing Practice Teams With Diverse Skills""; ""3. Making Racial and Gender Diversity a Part of the Firm's Reality""; ""D. Developing Institutional Strength in a World of Individual Stars""