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Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor 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 Morning Herald, and ABA Journal. He is the author of The Lawyer-Judge Bias in the American Legal System. Klappentext A counterintuitive and optimistic reconsideration of the crisis in the American legal profession. Zusammenfassung A counterintuitive and optimistic reconsideration of the crisis in the American legal profession. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One - Introduction PART I - THE MARKET FOR LAWYERS Chapter Two - Birth, Death, Rebirth, Near Death - American Lawyers from 1776-1950 Chapter Three - From Boom, to Two Professions, to Big Law's Fall - American Lawyers from 1950-Present Chapter Four - Death from Above - Big Law Stumbles Chapter Five - LegalZoom and Death from Below Chapter Six - Death From the State - Tort Reform, Judicial Hostility, and Budget Cuts Chapter Seven - Death from the Side - More Lawyers Fight for Slices of a Smaller Pie PART II - LAW SCHOOLS Chapter Eight - A Brief History of American Law Schools Chapter Nine - The Bleak Present and Near Future for Law Schools PART III - BIG PICTURE AND THE GLASS HALF FULL Chapter Ten - Big Picture and Parallels Chapter Eleven - The Good News for American Consumers Chapter Twelve - The Profession and Law Schools that Emerge Will be Stronger and Better Chapter Thirteen - Conclusion ...
