LEADER 03259nam 2200601 450 001 9910797016903321 005 20230807214348.0 010 $a0-19-020558-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000393392 035 $a(EBL)2012871 035 $a(OCoLC)907067720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001460913 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12593824 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001460913 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11467902 035 $a(PQKB)10867565 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2012871 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2012871 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11041598 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL767856 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000393392 100 $a20150416h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlass half full $ethe decline and rebirth of the legal profession /$fBenjamin H. Barton 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-020557-1 311 $a0-19-020556-3 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I: THE MARKET FOR LAWYERS""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Birth, Death, Rebirth, Near Death: American Lawyers from 1776 to 1950""; ""3. From Boom, to Two Professions, to Big Lawa???s Slump: American Lawyers from 1950 to the Present""; ""4. Death from Above: Big Law Stumbles""; ""5. LegalZoom and Death from Below""; ""6. Death from the State: Tort Reform, Judicial Hostility, and Budget Cuts""; ""7. Death from the Side: More Lawyers Fight for Slices of a Smaller Pie""; ""PART II: LAW SCHOOLS""; ""8. A Brief History of American Law Schools"" 327 $a""9. The Bleak Present and Near Future for Law Schools""""PART III: BIG PICTURE AND THE GLASS HALF FULL""; ""10. Big Picture and Parallels""; ""11. The Good News for American Consumers""; ""12. The Profession and Law Schools That Emerge Will Be Stronger and Better""; ""13. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" 330 $aThe hits keep coming for the American legal profession. Law schools are churning out too many graduates, depressing wages, and constricting the hiring market. Big Law firms are crumbling, as the relentless pursuit of profits corrodes their core business model. Modern technology can now handle routine legal tasks like drafting incorporation papers and wills, reducing the need to hire lawyers; tort reform and other regulations on litigation have had the same effect. As in all areas of today's economy, there are some big winners; the rest struggle to find work, or decide to leave the field altoge 606 $aPractice of law$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aLawyers$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 606 $aLegal services$zUnited States 615 0$aPractice of law$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aLawyers$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aLegal services 676 $a331.7/613400973 686 $aLAW061000$2bisacsh 700 $aBarton$b Benjamin H.$f1969-$01494142 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797016903321 996 $aGlass half full$93717514 997 $aUNINA