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Glass Half Full : The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (315 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190205577
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Glass Half FullDDC classification:
  • 331.7/613400973
LOC classification:
  • KF315 -- .B37 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: A counterintuitive and optimistic reconsideration of the crisis in the American legal profession.
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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.

A counterintuitive and optimistic reconsideration of the crisis in the American legal profession.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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