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Beyond The Caricature: The Benefits And Challenges Of Large-Firm Practice, Mary A. Mclaughlin
Beyond The Caricature: The Benefits And Challenges Of Large-Firm Practice, Mary A. Mclaughlin
Vanderbilt Law Review
I am the arch-villain of Professor Schiltz's article-not just a partner at a big firm, but the Hiring Partner. Because I have spent part of my career in government service and teaching, I may be uniquely positioned to react to Professor Schiltz's article. After get- ting out of law school in 1976, I clerked for a federal judge for a year and then went to a big firm in Washington, D.C. In 1980, became an Assistant United States Attorney, working as a criminal prosecutor for three-and-a-half years. I then went to Vanderbilt Law School where for two years I taught …
Introduction: Attorney Well-Being In Large Firms, Kent D. Syverud
Introduction: Attorney Well-Being In Large Firms, Kent D. Syverud
Vanderbilt Law Review
It took courage for Professor Patrick Schiltz to write the article that opens this symposium issue of the Vanderbilt Law Review. At the Notre Dame Law School, where Professor Schiltz teaches, as at the Vanderbilt University Law School and all elite schools, most graduates go to work in private practice, most often at large law firms. Professor Schiltz's portrayal of lawyers at such firms-as rich, overworked, unhappy, and often unethical--ought to be provocative and profoundly troubling to alumni at Vanderbilt and elsewhere. It will also be troubling to Deans, who struggle mightily each year to convince alumni to give money …