Cheaper by the hour : temporary lawyers and the deprofessionalization of the law / Robert A. Brooks.
2011
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Author
Title
Cheaper by the hour : temporary lawyers and the deprofessionalization of the law / Robert A. Brooks.
Published
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.
Call Number
KF299.T46 B76 2011
ISBN
9781439902851 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1439902852 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781439902875 (e-book)
1439902879 (e-book)
1439902852 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781439902875 (e-book)
1439902879 (e-book)
Description
xv, 216 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)644675534
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-212) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
1.
Degraded and Insecure: The "New" Workforce
1
2.
"Basically Interchangeable": The Creation of the Temporary Lawyer
28
3.
Life on the Concourse Level: Doing Document Review
55
4.
Box Shopping in "Nike Town" Struggles over Work
78
5.
"Keeping Count of Every Freakin' Minute" Struggles over Time
102
6.
"A Glorified Data Entry Person" Struggles over Identity
130
7.
"I Would Rather Grow in India" The Emerging Legal Underclass
159
Appendix A
Document Review Project Summary
187
Appendix B
The Questionnaire
189
Appendix C
The Attorneys
191
References
197
Index
213