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


Attorney Client Privilage: 26-Year Secret Kept Innocent Man In Prison

"The problem was the killer was their client. So, legally, they had to keep his secret even though an innocent man was about to be tried for murder."

Article: CBS News; Chicago Tribune

Discussion: AttorneyClientPrivilegeDilemma


Can Their Wish Be the Market’s Command? (Bear Raids and Ben Stein)

"... the lessons of legal realism have always been uppermost in my mind... Stated reasons are often not the real reasons....Because I usually write about finance, I have come to believe in the theory of what I would call “financial realism,”"

Article: New York Times
Discussion: BearRaids


A Dramatic Farewell Email (And proof of Paul Hastings layoffs.)Topic

"This departure memo, sent by an associate leaving the San Francisco office of Paul Hastings, is extraordinary. It also confirms the rumors -- which have swirled about for quite some time, but without confirmation until now -- of associate layoffs at PH."

Article: Above The Law
Discussion: LayoffsAtLawFirms


Firm’s ‘Ever Argue With a Woman?’ Ad Provokes Debate on Stereotypes

"Do men and women argue differently? And does that make a difference in the way they work as lawyers? That’s the suggestion of an ad by a women-owned Buffalo, N.Y., law firm that is attracting notice. Its headline: “Ever Argue With a Woman?”"

Article: Ever Argue With A Woman?
Discussion: EverArgueWithAWoman


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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

Added link to "Bear Raids" article and discussion

-- TheodoreSmith - 08 Feb 2008

Added link to attorney privilege dilemma article and discussion. Changed the organization of the page slightly.

-- TheodoreSmith - 18 Mar 2008

Added link to "A Dramatic Farewell Email"

-- IanSullivan - 7 May 2008

Added link to "Ever Argue With A Woman?"

-- TheodoreSmith - 8 June 2008

 

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