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Letting Go Of Old Ideas, William D. Henderson

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Globetrotting Law Firms, Jayanth K. Krishnan

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Despite the current financial crisis, prestigious American and British law firms continue to maintain a presence in Continental Europe, Latin America, and China. Yet, in one economically fertile, democratic country - India - such global legal powerhouses are scarcely found. This study seeks to understand empirically why there is a general absence of these and other foreign law firms practicing in India. Based on fieldwork and compiled interview data of lawyers, judges, government officials, activists, and clients from India, the United States, and Britain - the latter two being the foreign countries most interested in gaining access to the Indian …

Do Attorneys Do Their Clients Justice? An Empirical Study Of Lawyers' Effects On Tax Court Litigation Outcomes, Leandra Lederman, Warren B. Hrung

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Do attorneys really add value or can unrepresented parties achieve equivalent results? This fundamental question ordinarily is difficult to answer empirically. An equally important question both for attorneys and the justice system is whether attorneys prolong disputes or instead facilitate expeditious resolution of cases.

Fortunately, there is a federal court that provides an excellent laboratory in which to test and answer these questions. In the United States Tax Court (Tax Court), where most federal tax cases are litigated, the government always is represented by Internal Revenue Service attorneys but a large portion of the taxpayer litigants proceed pro se. In …

Lawyers Need Courageous Imagination, Alfred C. Aman

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Doing Business: The Management Of Uncertainty In Lawyers' Work, John Flood

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Apparently naive, but in fact not, is the question: What do lawyers do? Many scholars assume the central role of the lawyer is that of the advocate, but among lawyers working in law firms advocacy consumes little of their time. Similarly, the term lawyer provides hardly any meaning in itself. The research presented here is based on a participant-observation study of a corporate law firm. The central thesis proposed, in the light of case studies of the selling of shopping mall and the arranging of a bank loan, is that business lawyers are engaged in managing uncertainty for both their …

Common Issues Of Professional Responsibility, Thomas Ehrlich

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Charles H. Miller Lecture -- Lawyers And Their Public Responsibilities, Thomas Ehrlich

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Future Roles For Lawyers: Reflections On Crossing The Bar, Thomas Ehrlich

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Book Review. Lawyers In Politics: A Study In Professional Convergence By H. Eulau And J. D. Sprague, A. Dan Tarlock

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The Present Status Of The Attorney In Civil Service, Ralph F. Fuchs

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The Federal Civil Service For Lawyers, Ralph F. Fuchs

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Book Review. Rodell, F., Woe Unto You, Lawyers!, Jerome Hall

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Book Review. Rodell, F., Woe Unto You, Lawyers!, Reed Dickerson

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Book Review. Brown, E. L., Lawyers And The Promotion Of Justice, Jerome Hall

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Book Review. Lawyers And The Promotion Of Justice By Esther Lucille Brown, Fowler V. Harper

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