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Cheaper by the hour [[electronic resource] ] : temporary lawyers and the deprofessionalization of the law / / Robert A. Brooks



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Autore: Brooks Robert Andrew Visualizza persona
Titolo: Cheaper by the hour [[electronic resource] ] : temporary lawyers and the deprofessionalization of the law / / Robert A. Brooks Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
Disciplina: 331.25/729
Soggetto topico: Lawyers - Employment - United States
Temporary employment - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 de
Titolo autorizzato: Cheaper by the hour  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4399-0287-9
1-4399-0285-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790427403321
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