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Author : David J. Parnell
Publisher : American Bar Association
Release : 2014
Category : Bankruptcy
ISBN : 162722355X
File Size : 35,8 Mb
Total Download : 414
Book Summary: This book presents the theme about the failing law firm: symptoms and remedies.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 1996
Category : Bank failures
ISBN : PSU:000025904536
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Total Download : 500
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Author : Brian Z. Tamanaha
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226923628
File Size : 35,8 Mb
Total Download : 723
Book Summary: On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisers, and government officials. Yet behind the flourishing facade, law schools are failing abjectly. Recent front-page stories have detailed widespread dubious practices, including false reporting of LSAT and GPA scores, misleading placement reports, and the fundamental failure to prepare graduates to enter the profession. Addressing all these problems and more in a ringing critique is renowned legal scholar Brian Z. Tamanaha. Piece by piece, Tamanaha lays out the how and why of the crisis and the likely consequences if the current trend continues. The out-of-pocket cost of obtaining a law degree at many schools now approaches $200,000. The average law school graduate’s debt is around $100,000—the highest it has ever been—while the legal job market is the worst in decades, with the scarce jobs offering starting salaries well below what is needed to handle such a debt load. At the heart of the problem, Tamanaha argues, are the economic demands and competitive pressures on law schools—driven by competition over U.S. News and World Report ranking. When paired with a lack of regulatory oversight, the work environment of professors, the limited information available to prospective students, and loan-based tuition financing, the result is a system that is fundamentally unsustainable. Growing concern with the crisis in legal education has led to high-profile coverage in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and many observers expect it soon will be the focus of congressional scrutiny. Bringing to the table his years of experience from within the legal academy, Tamanaha has provided the perfect resource for assessing what’s wrong with law schools and figuring out how to fix them.
Author : Brian Z. Tamanaha
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release : 2012-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226923611
File Size : 18,8 Mb
Total Download : 811
Book Summary: On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisers, and government officials. Yet behind the flourishing facade, law schools are failing abjectly. Recent front-page stories have detailed widespread dubious practices, including false reporting of LSAT and GPA scores, misleading placement reports, and the fundamental failure to prepare graduates to enter the profession. Addressing all these problems and more in a ringing critique is renowned legal scholar Brian Z. Tamanaha. Piece by piece, Tamanaha lays out the how and why of the crisis and the likely consequences if the current trend continues. The out-of-pocket cost of obtaining a law degree at many schools now approaches $200,000. The average law school graduate’s debt is around $100,000—the highest it has ever been—while the legal job market is the worst in decades, with the scarce jobs offering starting salaries well below what is needed to handle such a debt load. At the heart of the problem, Tamanaha argues, are the economic demands and competitive pressures on law schools—driven by competition over U.S. News and World Report ranking. When paired with a lack of regulatory oversight, the work environment of professors, the limited information available to prospective students, and loan-based tuition financing, the result is a system that is fundamentally unsustainable. Growing concern with the crisis in legal education has led to high-profile coverage in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and many observers expect it soon will be the focus of congressional scrutiny. Bringing to the table his years of experience from within the legal academy, Tamanaha has provided the perfect resource for assessing what’s wrong with law schools and figuring out how to fix them.
Author : Susan G. Manch,Marcia Pennington Shannon
Publisher : Law Journal Press
Release : 2018-01-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 1588520536
File Size : 26,9 Mb
Total Download : 768
Book Summary: Maximizing Law Firm Profitability: Hiring, Training and Developing Productive Lawyers shows you how to manage your own practice and how to develop the potential of the people reporting to you.
Author : Steven Harper,J Harper
Publisher : Basic Books
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780465097630
File Size : 24,9 Mb
Total Download : 188
Book Summary: A noble profession is facing its defining moment. From law schools to the prestigious firms that represent the pinnacle of a legal career, a crisis is unfolding. News headlines tell part of the story—the growing oversupply of new lawyers, widespread career dissatisfaction, and spectacular implosions of pre-eminent law firms. Yet eager hordes of bright young people continue to step over each other as they seek jobs with high rates of depression, life-consuming hours, and little assurance of financial stability. The Great Recession has only worsened these trends, but correction is possible and, now, imperative. In The Lawyer Bubble, Steven J. Harper reveals how a culture of short-term thinking has blinded some of the nation’s finest minds to the long-run implications of their actions. Law school deans have ceded independent judgment to flawed U.S. News & World Report rankings criteria in the quest to maximize immediate results. Senior partners in the nation’s large law firms have focused on current profits to enhance American Lawyer rankings and individual wealth at great cost to their institutions. Yet, wiser decisions—being honest about the legal job market, revisiting the financial incentives currently driving bad behavior, eliminating the billable hour model, and more—can take the profession to a better place. A devastating indictment of the greed, shortsightedness, and dishonesty that now permeate the legal profession, this insider account is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how things went so wrong and how the profession can right itself once again.
Author : Ellen Weisbord,Bruce H. Charnov,Jonathan Lindsey
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Release : 1995
Category : Law offices
ISBN : 0899308341
File Size : 31,8 Mb
Total Download : 719
Book Summary: Annotation Current management theory and practice applied to the motivation of people in today's law firm and applicable as well to other professional service firms.
Author : LexisNexis Editorial Staff
Publisher : LexisNexis
Release : 2022-11-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781663352118
File Size : 37,8 Mb
Total Download : 626
Book Summary: Rules of court governing trial procedure in New York have increasingly become more critical in recent years as the courts use the rules to alter court procedure, rather than seeking changes through the legislature. LexisNexis New York Court Rules Annotated offers practitioners the rules they need, organized to accommodate quick reference by trial attorneys. Plus, the rules are fully annotated, providing practitioners the key insights in how courts will apply and interpret the procedural dictates. LexisNexis is the only provider of annotated New York rules of court, and New York Court Rules Annotated is the best source for fully annotated court rules in New York. Volume 1, Trial and Appellate Court Rules, includes the rules most used by trial practitioners, such as the Uniform Rules for the New York State Trial Courts and the rules of the appellate divisions of the Supreme Court. Volume 2, Court Administration and Practice Rules, includes the rules regulating the practice of law, including Standards and Administrative Policies and the Rules of Professional Conduct. Volume 3, Legal Practice Rules, includes the County Rules. Please see the table of contents for a complete listing.
