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Glass half full : the decline and rebirth of the legal profession / / Benjamin H. Barton



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Autore: Barton Benjamin H. <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Glass half full : the decline and rebirth of the legal profession / / Benjamin H. Barton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
Disciplina: 331.7/613400973
Soggetto topico: Practice of law - Economic aspects - United States
Lawyers - United States - Economic conditions - 21st century
Legal services - United States
Classificazione: LAW061000
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: ""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 Law�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""
""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""
Sommario/riassunto: The 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
Titolo autorizzato: Glass half full  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-020558-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797016903321
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