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The Trouble with Lawyers
Contributor(s): Rhode, Deborah L. (Author)
ISBN: 0190933755     ISBN-13: 9780190933753
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Legal Profession
- Law | Civil Procedure
- Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Dewey: 347.735
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 248 pages
 
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By any measure, the law as a profession is in serious trouble. Americans' trust in lawyers is at a low, and many members of the profession wish they had chosen a different path. Law schools, with their endlessly rising tuitions, are churning out too many graduates for the jobs available. Yet
despite the glut of lawyers, the United States ranks 67th (tied with Uganda) of 97 countries in access to justice and affordability of legal services. The upper echelons of the legal establishment remain heavily white and male. Most problematic of all, the professional organizations that could help
remedy these concerns instead jealously protect their prerogatives, stifling necessary innovation and failing to hold practitioners accountable. In light of these circumstances, it is unsurprising that law ranked the lowest of ten occupations in a 2013 Pew survey of which profession or occupation
contributes the most to society's well being.

Deborah Rhode's The Trouble with Lawyers is a comprehensive account of the challenges facing the American bar. She examines how the problems have affected (and originated within) law schools, firms, and governance institutions like bar associations; the impact on the justice system and access to
lawyers for the poor; and the profession's underlying difficulties with diversity. She uncovers the structural problems, from the tyranny of law school rankings and billable hours to the legal profession's almost entirely reactive response to claims of misconduct-all of which do a disservice to
lawyers, their clients, and the public.

A clear and pointed account of a profession that has gone badly off the rails, The Trouble with Lawyers is both an essential guide to America's legal crisis and a tool that can help fix it.