03638nam 2200769Ka 450 991081161360332120101029095316.01-282-79762-X97866127976200-85724-358-6(CKB)2670000000047005(EBL)587942(OCoLC)670411618(SSID)ssj0000428615(PQKBManifestationID)12148789(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428615(PQKBWorkID)10424028(PQKB)11708961(Au-PeEL)EBL587942(CaPaEBR)ebr10421852(Au-PeEL)EBL4952592(CaONFJC)MIL279762(OCoLC)1027149569(UtOrBLW)bslw06296072(MiAaPQ)EBC587942(MiAaPQ)EBC4952592(PPN)170243192(EXLCZ)99267000000004700520101029d2010 uy 0engurun|||||||||txtccrSpecial issue 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.Measuring law firm culture / Elizabeth Chambliss -- Rejecting the culture of independence : corporate lawyers as committed to their clients / Robert Eli Rosen -- Law firm strategies for human capital : past, present, future -- William D. Henderson -- Taxes and death : the rise and demise of an American law firm / Milton C. Regan -- From policy to practice : assessing the effect of large law firm pro bono structure on pro bono commitment / Steven A. Boutcher -- 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 / Felice Batlan -- Racial and ethnic minority representation in large U.S. law firms / Elizabeth H. Gorman, Fiona M. Kay.Large 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. The articles collected here address the following questions: How has the large law firm altered, or adapted to, the ideals/ideology of the legal profession? How do law firms function as organizations? What happens to firms when they globalize their practices? What is the situation of scholarship on large law firms? Has the firm been incorporated into boarder interdisciplinary configurations? What, if any,new paradigms ofstudy of firms areon the horizon?.Studies in law, politics, and society ;v. 52.LawTrial PracticebisacshLawGeneralbisacshLaw & societybicsscCourts & procedurebicsscLaw officesLaw firmsSociological jurisprudenceLawTrial Practice.LawGeneral.Law & society.Courts & procedure.Law offices.Law firms.Sociological jurisprudence.306.2Sarat Austin254475UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910811613603321Special issue3925447UNINA