LEADER 03040nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910969222403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781439902875 010 $a1439902879 010 $a9781439902851 010 $a1439902852 035 $a(CKB)2550000001114746 035 $a(EBL)660530 035 $a(OCoLC)704558960 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467601 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311405 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467601 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10490546 035 $a(PQKB)11241922 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777041 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12362420 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777041 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10746861 035 $a(PQKB)21640130 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13383 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL660530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10447301 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1834619 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC660530 035 $a(Perlego)2034545 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001114746 100 $a20100706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$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 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781439902868 311 08$a1439902860 311 08$a9781299833678 311 08$a1299833675 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 606 $aLawyers$xEmployment$zUnited States 606 $aTemporary employment$zUnited States 615 0$aLawyers$xEmployment 615 0$aTemporary employment 676 $a331.25/729 700 $aBrooks$b Robert Andrew$01813647 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969222403321 996 $aCheaper by the hour$94366939 997 $aUNINA