02897nam 2200649Ia 450 991082310980332120240513191137.01-4399-0287-91-4399-0285-2(CKB)2550000001114746(EBL)660530(OCoLC)704558960(SSID)ssj0000467601(PQKBManifestationID)11311405(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467601(PQKBWorkID)10490546(PQKB)11241922(SSID)ssj0000777041(PQKBManifestationID)12362420(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777041(PQKBWorkID)10746861(PQKB)21640130(MiAaPQ)EBC660530(MdBmJHUP)muse13383(Au-PeEL)EBL660530(CaPaEBR)ebr10447301(CaONFJC)MIL1834619(EXLCZ)99255000000111474620100706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCheaper by the hour temporary lawyers and the deprofessionalization of the law /Robert A. Brooks1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press20111 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4399-0286-0 1-299-83367-5 Includes bibliographical references.Degraded and insecure : the "new" workforce -- "Basically interchangeable" : the creation of the temporary lawyer -- Life on the concourse level : doing document review -- Box shopping in "Nike town" : struggles over work -- "Keeping count of every freakin' minute" : struggles over time -- "A glorified data entry person" : struggles over identity -- "I would rather grow in India" : the emerging legal underclass.Recent law school graduates often work as temporary attorneys, but law firm layoffs and downsizing have strengthened the temporary attorney industry. Cheaper by the Hour is the first book-length account of these workers.Drawing from participant observation and interviews, Robert A. Brooks provides a richly detailed ethnographic account of freelance attorneys in Washington, DC. He places their document review work in the larger context of the deprofessionalization of skilled labor and considers how professionals relegated to temporary jobs feel diminished, degraded, or deLawyersEmploymentUnited StatesTemporary employmentUnited StatesLawyersEmploymentTemporary employment331.25/729Brooks Robert Andrew1600123MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823109803321Cheaper by the hour3923108UNINA