BigLaw : money and meaning in the modern law firm / / Mitt Regan and Lisa H. Rohrer [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Regan Milton C., Jr., <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : The University of Chicago Press, , 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.) : 3 figures
• Disciplina: 338.4/73400973
• Soggetto topico: Law firms - United States; Practice of law - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: business of law; law firms; legal ethics; legal profession; legal services; professions
• Persona (resp. second.): RohrerLisa H.
• Note generali: Also issued in print: 2021.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : BigLaw -- Business and profession : bridging the divide -- Clients in the driver's seat -- Encouraging entrepreneurs -- Entrepreneurs and collaboration -- Pruning for productivity -- The material economy of compensation -- The symbolic economy of compensation -- Luring laterals -- Trusted advisors and service providers -- Conclusion : Money and meaning in the modern law firm.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Great Recession intensified large law firms' emphasis on financial performance, leading to claims that lawyers in these firms were now guided by business rather than professional values. Based on interviews with more than 250 partners in large firms, Mitt Regan and Lisa H. Rohrer suggest that the reality is much more complex. It is true that large firm hiring, promotion, compensation, and termination policies are more influenced by business considerations than ever before and that firms actively recruit profitable partners from other firms to replace those they regard as unproductive. At the same time, law firm partners continue to seek the non-financial rewards of being members of a distinct profession and are sensitive to whether their firms are committed to providing them.
• Titolo autorizzato: BigLaw
• ISBN: 0-226-74227-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910554227303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chicago series in law and society.; Chicago scholarship online.