LEADER 05057nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910963833703321 005 20251117083118.0 010 $a1-282-46311-X 010 $a9786612463112 010 $a0-472-02517-1 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006870 035 $a(EBL)3414647 035 $a(OCoLC)743199695 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000339904 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294712 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339904 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10365007 035 $a(PQKB)10296962 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414647 035 $a(BIP)46214576 035 $a(BIP)13323420 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006870 100 $a20060629d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLives of lawyers revisited $etransformation and resilience in the organizations of practice /$fMichael J. Kelly 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAnn Arbor $cUniversity of Michigan Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (429 p.) 225 1 $aLaw, meaning, and violence 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-472-06963-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 395-404) and index. 327 $aContents; Chapter 1. The Fishing Expedition; Part 1. Stories of Law Practices; Chapter 2. Marks, Feinberg, Fried and Burch; Chapter 3. Public Interest Law at the Maine Public Utilities Commission; Chapter 4. The Lawyers of Standish Development Company; Chapter 5. Mahoney, Bourne and Thiemes; Chapter 6. McKinnon Sieves; Part 2. Reflections on the Profession; Chapter 7. Change and Continuity in the Organizations of Practice; Chapter 8. Thinking about Practice Organizations; Chapter 9. The Idea of Profession; Afterword: Reflections on Describing a Sardine Factory; Appendix; Notes; References 327 $aIndex 330 $aThe past two decades have seen profound changes in the legal profession. Lives of Lawyers Revisited extends Michael Kelly's work in the original Lives of Lawyers, offering unique insights into the nature of these changes, examined through stories of five extraordinarily varied law practices. By placing the spotlight on organizations as phenomena that generate their own logic and tensions, Lives of Lawyers Revisited speaks to the experience of many lawyers and anticipates important issues on the professional horizon. Michael Kelly has done it again! His Lives of Lawyers Revisited is a very easy read about some very difficult notions like 'litigation blindness' and law as a business. It presents some fascinating perspectives on our profession. -J. Michael McWilliams, Past President, American Bar Association The best single book about the American realities and possibilities of the American legal profession, combining an empathic and insightful account of law practice with a penetrating analysis of the wider context of professional work. -Marc Galanter, University of Wisconsin Michael Kelly believes that professional values and conduct are not realized in codes, but in the experiences of practice, and that practice draws its routines and ideals from organizations. Through his studies of lawyers in various firms, closely observed and sympathetically described, Kelly reveals how differently organizations adapt to the intense pressures of today's practice environment. His method of linking individual life-experiences to organizational strategies and the external constraints of competition and client demands infuses realism and richness into the concept of professionalism and makes this one of the most interesting and original books on professions and professionalism to appear in years. -Robert W. Gordon, Yale Law School In his two volumes of Lives of Lawyers, Michael Kelly explores legal ethics in an unusual, and unusually rewarding, way. Rather than focusing on rules or arguments, Kelly looks at the kind of lives lawyers lead. Ethics, Socrates thought, is about how to live one's life, and Kelly takes the Socratic question to heart. He explores the institutions lawyers work in and the choices they make. He writes with intelligence, great insight, and above all with heart. This is a superb book. -David Luban, Georgetown University Michael J. Kelly is President and Chairman of the Board of the National Senior Citizens Law Center, an advocacy group for older Americans of limited means. 410 0$aLaw, meaning, and violence. 606 $aPractice of law$zUnited States 606 $aLawyers$zUnited States 606 $aLaw firms$zUnited States 606 $aLegal ethics$zUnited States 615 0$aPractice of law 615 0$aLawyers 615 0$aLaw firms 615 0$aLegal ethics 676 $a174/.30973 700 $aKelly$b Michael J.$f1937-$01863732 701 $aKelly$b Michael J.$f1937-$01863732 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963833703321 996 $aLives of lawyers revisited$94470406 997 $aUNINA