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Brilliant overview of organizations at work
We spend our lives in organizations, but how often do we have a chance to think about them clearly? Kelly sets a standard for thinking about a profession that everyone finds fascinating.This book is to non-fiction what Grisham's are to fiction: Kelly brings the practice of law to life. The book combines thorough, long-term research with an engaging style. Kelly analyzes several different types of law practices: their histories and likely futures. Through him we meet the lawyers, but more importantly, we meet the practice of law. ... Read more

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a generally uninspired collection of essays
It is not surprising that this collection of essays is uneven, since such volumes usually are.Here, only two of the essays stand out as particularly instructive -- David Wilkins's on whether a lawyer should subordinate his or her identity to (certain) professional ideals, and Koniak & Cohan's on counterproductive incentives built into the class-action system.Several other essays contain an interesting idea or two, but most often they are too impressionistic, and their recommendations too general, to be of any real use. Indispensible Guide to Legal Ethics
Features contributions from the foremost scholars writing on legal ethicsRead more

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A Misfire Worth Reading
Charlotte Rampling, beautiful and tear-stained, has a minor breakdown midway through The Verdict--she's fallen for Paul Newman, the lawyer she's been assigned to seduce and spy on by her boss at the big, evil law firm.James Mason, the suave evil boss, consoles her with a drink and an apothegm:"You don't get paid to do your best," Mason says."You get paid to win."That scene (expertly written by David Mamet) explains the legal profession in America and provides a summary of Kronman's argument. Kronman, the current Dean of Yale Law, bemoans the extinction of lawyers of sound judgment, prudence, and a concern for a range of interests--the client's, the law's, society's, etc.Lawyers who were actively involved with their community and their country, who were looked to as figures of wisdom, not avarice.But Kronman is more diagnostic than prescriptive.He's right--that breed of lawyer has all but vanished.Still, he provides little in the way of practical suggestions for correcting the problem.And his focus is on the profession and the law schools.His focus should be on the free market.Elite American law schools are catering to the needs of the large firms, which are catering to the needs of their corporate clients.To graduate marketable lawyers, the schools have to create skilled technicians.The hiring partner at a Wall Street Firm wants to know that an applicant has the stamina necessary to put in the hours, and the intelligence and tools needed to grind out competent work.No one is interested in his or her views about what might be a more prudent approach to the client's problem; his or her judgment is not only not demanded, it's unwelcome.Kronman's focus is too narrow.The legal profession has become the law business.Because that's what's demanded by clients, who pay the tab.So I think he should have examined the underpinnings of the free market system, which I favor but which is responsible for the shift in legal education and law practice.Also, how does one teach prudence?How does a vocational school--or perhaps any school--instil sound judgment?Furthermore, prudence and judgment are qualities that, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder.Finally, Kronman's assertion that much of the problem arose when the large Protestant law firms started hiring Jews, African-Americans, women, and associates from the working classes and from second and third-tier schools sounds not only wrong, but bizarrely priggish and elitist in all the wrong ways.Kronman, as far as I can tell, has never practiced law for any length of time, nor has he toiled as a judge.He's spent his career locked in the Ivory Tower of academia, and his book is the high-toned result.

RESCUING THE FADING IDEALS OF ADVOCACY
This is a very interesting book by Yale's Law School Dean, Anthony Kronman about law schools,legal teaching, the practice of law, Courtsand the governing principles of law firms nowadaysin the United States.Read more

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A MUST HAVE!!!
GREAT BOOK!Will help ensure your success in law school.Buy this 12 months out to start working on the suggested readings - You'll be glad you did!

not really necessary
My thoughts on this book can be summed up with a quote from "Law School Confidential" that starts their chapter on the summer before law school:
Excellent, insightful, and helpful
I love this book. It is very helpful and insightful. If I hadn't been lucky enough to stumble across this book I definitely wouldn't feel as prepared as I do now. I'm not sure how it will help the final outcome as I haven't started law school yet (3 more weeks) but I feel as if I have a great advantage over other incoming 1Ls already. Also, I really didn't find the author's "negativity" to be that bad at all. And, even if you find it to be, you'll be that much happier when you get to law school and things are better than you expected. ... Read more

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DISCOVERING THE FLAWS INLEGAL PRACTICE
A very interesting diagnostic of the major flaws in the U.S. legal system, by Deborah L. Rhode, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. Well written, this book unveils many of the fundamental reasons for the perception that the public at large has of the lawyers and their trade..... The chapters titled Lawyers and their discontent, The advocate's role in the adversary system, and the Regulation of the profession, are truly revealingvis a vis the current problems that plague legal practice. Professor's Rhodesuggestions as to possible solutions towards a betterment of the workings of the legal system are thought provoking. Interesting Mix of Fact and Opinion
Rhode's assessment of the U.S. legal system's problems is presented clearly and comprehensively, and, to some extent, persuasively.I found the writing at times dry, typical of what one might expect in an academic paper.However, if you're interested in the law, you are likely to gain some insight from Rhode into the legal system's woes as seen by those within and outside the profession. Although the book appears to be thorough, well researched, and documented, Rhode sometimes mixes her own biases and opinions with the facts, without making a clear distinction.For instance, with respect to hiring, mentoring, and promotion of lawyers in law firms, Rhodes states that disfavoring women and minorities stigmatizes and subordinates the entire group, while disfavoring white males does not.On this issue, her point is that preferential treatment is needed to remedy discrimination encountered by certain groups, which requires disfavoring members of other groups (presumably straight white males).In this example, her statements related to affirmative action are largely passed off as fact.Presumably, the reader is expected to accept these comments at face value, without substantiation or discussion of alternative views or approaches that address problems of employment discrimination.From her mixing of fact and opinion on this topic, readers may wonder what is really accurate in this book, and what is not.

anotherpointing out and failure of tangible remedy
I have a shelf of 20 books describing the shortcomings of legal practice today. I do not find anything new in Rhode Members of the legal profession are worried, and the public holds much of the profession in low regard. Yet, we must have the law and at its best it truly holds our society together, and establishes standards of free discussion of evidence.Read more

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a practical overview of how lawyers can make more money.
This book is great: it's full of practical advice for lawyers who want to increase their bottom lines. The book is not overwhelming, the individual articles are short and to the point, and the writing style is friendly. Irecommend it. ... Read more

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Great Author, Great Book!!
Having had a chance to meet the talented Mr. Niewoehner during one of his recent autograph session/book reading at my local Jimbo's Bookwormania, I must confess that I was overwhelmed by is wonderous outlook on life and on law school.I found him, much like his book, to be an inspirational journey into legalistics.I, too, would someday love to attend that institution of institutions, Harvard Law School, and I believe that reading Mr. Niewoehner's book twice or perhaps even three times will start me in the right direction.It is, indeed, what I like to call a "must read" for the lawyers of the future! A Must Read for Anyone Considering Law School
I thought the book, notably the law school section, was superbly researched and written.A true must-read for anyone considering law school and a legal career. Very weak book in comparison to others of the same type.
After he persuades you not to go to law school, he gives very short and common descriptions of what law school is like.I think you would definitely be much better off with another book.A student counselor atany major college or university could have just as easily written thisbook, and quite possibly done a much better job. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Admission    2. Directories    3. Education    4. General    5. Graduate School Guides - Law    6. Law    7. Law (General)    8. Law schools    9. Legal Education    10. Reference    11. Study and teaching    12. United States    13. Vocational guidance    14. Advice on careers & achieving success    15. Business & Economics / Careers    16. Legal profession    17. Universities / polytechnics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. General    4. General Practice    5. Law offices    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal assistants    8. Life skills guides    9. Office practice    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / General    12. International Law    13. Legal skills & practice   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business Law    5. Business/Economics    6. Commercial law    7. Contracts    8. General    9. Legal Profession    10. Paralegal Services    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / General    13. Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law   

Subjects:  1. General Practice    2. Indians of North America    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Legal status, laws, etc.    6. Native American    7. Property    8. Reference    9. Water rights    10. West (U.S.)   

Subjects:  1. Ethics & Moral Philosophy    2. Philosophy    3. Legal profession