02769nam a2200433Ka 4500 bslw06296072 UtOrBLW 20171018091357.0 m d cr un||||||||| 101029s2010 enk o 000 0 eng d 9780857243584 (electronic bk.) : �67.95 ; �97.95 ; $124.95 UtOrBLW UtOrBLW K129 .S64 2010 LAQ bicssc LNAA bicssc LAW088000 bisacsh LAW000000 bisacsh 349 340.068 22 Special issue [electronic resource] : law firms, legal culture, and legal practice / edited by Austin Sarat. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2010. 1 online resource (238 p.) Studies in law, politics, and society, 1059-4337 ; v. 52 Measuring law firm culture / Elizabeth Chambliss -- Rejecting the culture of independence : corporate lawyers as committed to their clients / Robert Eli Rosen -- Law firm strategies for human capital : past, present, future -- William D. Henderson -- Taxes and death : the rise and demise of an American law firm / Milton C. Regan -- From policy to practice : assessing the effect of large law firm pro bono structure on pro bono commitment / Steven A. Boutcher -- If you become his second wife, you are a fool : shifting paradigms of the roles, perceptions, and working conditions of legal secretaries in large law firms / Felice Batlan -- Racial and ethnic minority representation in large U.S. law firms / Elizabeth H. Gorman, Fiona M. Kay. Large law firms have become a dominant feature of the legal landscape in the United States and elsewhere. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines the situation of large law firms. The articles collected here address the following questions: How has the large law firm altered, or adapted to, the ideals/ideology of the legal profession? How do law firms function as organizations? What happens to firms when they globalize their practices? What is the situation of scholarship on large law firms? Has the firm been incorporated into boarder interdisciplinary configurations? What, if any,new paradigms ofstudy of firms areon the horizon?. Law Trial Practice. bisacsh Law General. bisacsh Law & society. bicssc Courts & procedure. bicssc Law offices. Law firms. Sociological jurisprudence. Sarat, Austin. 9780857243577 Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 52. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1059-4337/52 SS2010 222965 222965