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Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession
Benjamin H. Barton
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Description for Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession
Hardback. A counterintuitive and optimistic reconsideration of the crisis in the American legal profession. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
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 altogether, which leaves ... Read more
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 altogether, which leaves ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190205560
SKU
V9780190205560
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About Benjamin H. Barton
Benjamin Barton is the Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee. His scholarship ranges from bias in the judiciary, to the backgrounds of Supreme Court Justices, to libertarianism in the world of Harry Potter. His scholarship has been covered in Time Magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Sydney ... Read more
Reviews for Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession
This is erudite but sober reading for undergraduates considering law school, for practitioners assessing their careers, and for law professors and deans concerned about meeting the continuing needs of the profession.
J. R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University, CHOICE
J. R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University, CHOICE