Law in Contemporary Society
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Who’s Cuddly Now? Law Firms

"In the last two decades, as working schedules became flexible, and even accounting firms, of all places, embraced the mantra of work-life balance (at least on paper), there was one unbending, tradition-bound profession: the law...."

Article: NY Times
Discussion: BalancingWork


Law Firms Are Starting to Adopt Outsourcing

"For years, outsourcing has been a dirty word inside the world of white-shoe law firms...."

Article: NY Times
Discussion: DeathofGiantFirms2


Outsourcing the lawyers

"Add attorney to the growing list of white-collar jobs being shipped overseas. How far will it go?"

Article: money.cnn.com
Discussion: DeathofGiantFirms2



Training Law Students for Real-Life Careers

"When you haven’t changed your curriculum in 150 years, at some point you look around"

Article: NY Times
Discussion: DeathofGiantFirms



'Justice' Japanese style

".... Forced signed confessions, still considered the "king of evidence" by Japanese courts, are often the result...."

Article: Japan Times
Discussion: TortureAndWholeProof


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Created the page, added "who's cuddly now" article.

-- TheodoreSmith - 26 Jan 2008

Added outsourcing article

-- TheodoreSmith - 26 Jan 2008

shortened displayed urls, added blank formatting example, and linked in articles referenced in DeathofGiantFirms

-- IanSullivan - 29 Jan 2008

Added Japanese justice article

-- TheodoreSmith - 30 Jan 2008

 

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