| Tournament of Lawyers: The Transformation of the Big Law Firm Contributor(s): Galanter, Marc (Author), Palay, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226278778 ISBN-13: 9780226278773 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1991 Annotation: "Tournament of Lawyers" traces in detail the rise of one hundred of the nation's top firms in order to diagnose the health of the business of American law. Galanter and Palay demonstrate that much of the large firm's organizational success stems from its ability to blend the talents of experienced partners with those of energetic junior lawyers driven by a powerful incentive--the race to win "the promotion-to-partner tournament." This calmly reasoned study reveals, however, that the very causes of the spiraling growth of the large law firm may lead to its undoing. "Galanter and Palay pose questions and offer some answers which are certain to change the way big firm practice is regarded. To describe their work as challenging is something of an understatement: they at times delight, stimulate, frustrate and even depress the reader, but they never disappoint. "Tournament of Lawyers" is essential to the understanding of the business of the big law firms."--Jean and Colin Fergus, "New York Law Journal" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Law |
| Dewey: 340.060 |
| LCCN: 90045088 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.31" W x 9.28" (1.07 lbs) 205 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Tournament of Lawyers traces in detail the rise of one hundred of the nation's top firms in order to diagnose the health of the business of American law. Galanter and Palay demonstrate that much of the large firm's organizational success stems from its ability to blend the talents of experienced partners with those of energetic junior lawyers driven by a powerful incentive--the race to win the promotion-to-partner tournament. This calmly reasoned study reveals, however, that the very causes of the spiraling growth of the large law firm may lead to its undoing. Galanter and Palay pose questions and offer some answers which are certain to change the way big firm practice is regarded. To describe their work as challenging is something of an understatement: they at times delight, stimulate, frustrate and even depress the reader, but they never disappoint. Tournament of Lawyers is essential to the understanding of the business of the big law firms.--Jean and Colin Fergus, New York Law Journal |