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The Role Of The Attorney And The Attorney Client Relationship: The Keys To Improved Public Perception Of Attorneys And The Lexus, Jeanne Marie Zokovitch Paben
The Role Of The Attorney And The Attorney Client Relationship: The Keys To Improved Public Perception Of Attorneys And The Lexus, Jeanne Marie Zokovitch Paben
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
It is a pivotal time for the legal profession. Economic challenges are making it harder and harder for the historical law firm to survive. According to the National Law Journal's annual survey, "the 250 biggest firms ... shed more than 9,500 lawyers in 2009 and 2010, nearly 8% of the total [lawyers at those firms]." This represents the largest multiyear decline in the thirty-four years the National Law Journal has conducted this survey.
These same challenges are making it harder for law graduates to get "typical" law jobs. The job statistics for recent law school graduates have not been good. …