Urban Lawyers

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Preface

Part I The Professions of the Bar

Chapter 1 Chicago Lawyers Revisited

Prior Research

The Data

The Issues

Chapter 2 The Changing Character of Lawyers' Work

with Ethan Michelson

The 1975 "Two-Hemispheres" Finding: Methodological Issues

1995 Patterns of Co-practice

Specialization by Field

Client Differentiation by Field

Allocation of Time in 1975 and 1995

Conclusion

Chapter 3 Integration and Separation

Integrative Mechanisms

Bar Associations

Law School Stratification

Ethnoreligious Differences

Race, Gender, and Family Background

Practice Setting

Structure and Opportunity

Part II The Hierarchies of the Bar

Chapter 4 Prestige

Three Theories of Honor

Prestige

Determinants of Prestige

Core Economic Values, or Professional Purity

Participation in Prestigious Work

Conclusion

Chapter 5 Organizations

The Economic Dominance of Large Law Firms

Organization-Linked Advantage

A Typology of Law Firms

Democracy and Participation

Professional Autonomy

Determinants of Compensation

Changing Management Policies

Organizing Principles

Hours Worked

Task Structure

Change and Continuity

Chapter 6 Careers

with Kathleen E. Hull

Work History and Careers

Career Stability

The Golden Age and Its Fading

Paths to Eminence in the Profession

Lawyers Not Practicing

Conclusion

Chapter 7 Income and Income Inequality

Structural Sources of Inequality

Nonpracticing Lawyers

Individual-Level Correlates of Income

Equal Justice

 

Part III Lawyers' Lives

Chapter 8 Divided Opinions

with Monique R. Payne

The Chicago Data

Differences among Types of Lawyers

Adaptation to Client Values?

Social Values

Conclusion

Chapter 9 Community Roles

with Paul S. Schnorr

The Chicago Data

Overall Participation

Correlates of Overall Participation

Who Participates Where?

Correlates of Participation by Organization Type

Leaders

Conclusion

Appendix: Period, Age, and Cohort Effects

Chapter 10 Connections within the Bar

The 1975 Networks

The 1995 Networks

The Structure of the Networks

Ethnoreligious and Political Divisions

Conclusion

Appendix: Notables' Biographies (as of 1994<n>95)

Chapter 11 A Satisfying Profession?

with Kathleen E. Hull and Ava A. Harter

Research on Job Satisfaction

The Chicago Findings

Happy Hour at the Bar?

Part IV Transformation

Chapter 12 The Processes of Change

Autonomy and Influence

The Decline of Professional Dominance

Demand

Reasons for Growth

Changes in Firm Structure and Management

Lawyer-Client Relationships

Organizational Boundaries

Business Methods

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index