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200 10$aCheaper by the hour $etemporary lawyers and the deprofessionalization of the law /$fRobert A. Brooks
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (235 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $aDegraded 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.
330   $aRecent 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 de
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