An historic transformation is underway in the legal profession. It began about 40 years ago, but it has accelerated and became painfully evident by 2009. These are the “last days” of the American lawyer we once new. This paper, based on the new book, The Vanishing American Lawyer (Oxford 2010) by the same author, documents the progress and direction of the transformation
A simple framework for understanding the U.S. legal profession is a gradual progression through thre...
The law is the cornerstone of our society, one of the pillars of civilization, the very “witness … o...
The American legal profession is facing challenges that are sending tremors through its institutiona...
An historic transformation is underway in the legal profession. It began about 40 years ago, but it ...
The average modern American, when asked to think of what a modern successful lawyer looks like, woul...
In this paper, I shall first briefly examine some of the most significant changes affecting legal pr...
Two recently published books make the claim that the legal profession has changed (Steven Harper’s T...
Lawyers in the United States work in public service, private counseling, and dispute resolution, but...
The American legal profession has been a backward-looking, change-resistant institution. It has fail...
The American lawyer has long seemed unique in the world-almost a cowboy figure doing justice against...
The structure of the legal profession and the nature of law practice have changed dramatically durin...
The legal profession was hit particularly hard by the recent recession. Law firms laid off lawyers i...
These divergent observations reflect the legal profession’s uneasy relationship with its past. Centr...
The American legal profession has been a backward-looking, change-resistant institution. It has fail...
There is no question that law practice has changed in recent decades. More lawyers work in larger un...
A simple framework for understanding the U.S. legal profession is a gradual progression through thre...
The law is the cornerstone of our society, one of the pillars of civilization, the very “witness … o...
The American legal profession is facing challenges that are sending tremors through its institutiona...
An historic transformation is underway in the legal profession. It began about 40 years ago, but it ...
The average modern American, when asked to think of what a modern successful lawyer looks like, woul...
In this paper, I shall first briefly examine some of the most significant changes affecting legal pr...
Two recently published books make the claim that the legal profession has changed (Steven Harper’s T...
Lawyers in the United States work in public service, private counseling, and dispute resolution, but...
The American legal profession has been a backward-looking, change-resistant institution. It has fail...
The American lawyer has long seemed unique in the world-almost a cowboy figure doing justice against...
The structure of the legal profession and the nature of law practice have changed dramatically durin...
The legal profession was hit particularly hard by the recent recession. Law firms laid off lawyers i...
These divergent observations reflect the legal profession’s uneasy relationship with its past. Centr...
The American legal profession has been a backward-looking, change-resistant institution. It has fail...
There is no question that law practice has changed in recent decades. More lawyers work in larger un...
A simple framework for understanding the U.S. legal profession is a gradual progression through thre...
The law is the cornerstone of our society, one of the pillars of civilization, the very “witness … o...
The American legal profession is facing challenges that are sending tremors through its institutiona...
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