03019nam 2200721 a 450 991045952340332120200520144314.01-282-79762-X97866127976200-85724-358-6(CKB)2670000000047005(EBL)587942(OCoLC)670411618(SSID)ssj0000428615(PQKBManifestationID)12148789(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428615(PQKBWorkID)10424028(PQKB)11708961(MiAaPQ)EBC587942(MiAaPQ)EBC4952592(PPN)170243192(Au-PeEL)EBL587942(CaPaEBR)ebr10421852(Au-PeEL)EBL4952592(CaONFJC)MIL279762(OCoLC)1027149569(EXLCZ)99267000000004700520101101d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSpecial issue[electronic resource] law firms, legal culture and legal practice /edited by Austin Sarat1st ed.Bingley, U.K. Emerald20101 online resource (248 p.)Studies in law, politics, and society,1059-4337 ;v. 52Description based upon print version of record.0-85724-357-8 Includes bibliographical references.Front cover; Studies in law, politics, and society; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editorial board; Chapter 1. Measuring law firm culture; Chapter 2. Rejecting the culture of independence: Corporate lawyers as committed to their clients; Chapter 3. Law firm strategies for human capital: Past, present, future; Chapter 4. Taxes and death: The rise and demise of an American law firm; Chapter 5. From policy to practice: Assessing the effect of large law firm pro bono structure on pro bono commitmentChapter 6. ''If you become his second wife, you are a fool'': Shifting paradigms of the roles, perceptions, and working conditions of legal secretaries in large law firms Chapter 7. Racial and ethnic minority representation in large U.S. law firmsLarge law firms have become a dominant feature of the legal landscape in the United States and elsewhere. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines the situation of large law firms.Studies in law, politics, and society ;v. 52.Practice of lawLaw firmsSociological jurisprudenceLawyersElectronic books.Practice of law.Law firms.Sociological jurisprudence.Lawyers.306.2Sarat Austin254475MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459523403321Special issue2487353UNINA