Lawyer Bubble A Profession in Crisis

Name: Lawyer Bubble A Profession in Crisis
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ISBN: 9780465058778

ISBN-10: 0465058779

ISBN-13: 9780465058778

Edition: 2013

Authors: Steven J. Harper

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Forty-five thousand law students graduate each year with an average of more than $100,000 in debt. Upon graduation, only half will find jobs requiring a legal degree. Those lucky enough to land a job with a firm will find that an obsession with misguided short-term metrics has transformed a once-noble profession into just another business. They and their colleagues will face high rates of depression, and the majority will counsel their own protégés to choose a different career path.InThe Lawyer Bubble, lawyer and law professor Steven J. Harper investigates how the legal profession arrived at this crisis. He indicts the widespread fixation on rankings, the bottomless greed of equity…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 4/2/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Introduction



Law Schools



Tracking The Bubble



The Role of the ABA and U. S. News Rankings



Inadequate Responses



Big Law Firms



Attorney Dissatisfaction



The Transformation of Big Law Firms



Surging Income Inequality



Continuing Destabilization



Dewey & LeBoeuf: A Case Study



Deflating the Bubble



Law Schools



Big Law Firms



Prospective Lawyers


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index