000471541 000__ 03720cam\a2200433Ia\4500 000471541 001__ 471541 000471541 005__ 20210513164018.0 000471541 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000471541 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000471541 008__ 131219s2013\\\\nyu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000471541 010__ $$z 2012048153 000471541 019__ $$a847004558 000471541 020__ $$a9780465058747$$qelectronic bk. 000471541 020__ $$z9780465058778 (pbk.) 000471541 020__ $$z0465058779 (pbk.) 000471541 020__ $$z0465058744 (electronic bk.) 000471541 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn831121115 000471541 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10691588 000471541 035__ $$a471541 000471541 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000471541 05014 $$aKF300$$b.H3687 2013eb 000471541 08204 $$a331.7/613400973$$223 000471541 1001_ $$aHarper, Steven J.,$$d1954- 000471541 24514 $$aThe lawyer bubble$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba profession in crisis /$$cSteven J. Harper. 000471541 260__ $$aNew York :$$bBasic Books,$$cc2013. 000471541 300__ $$a1 online resource (xvi, 251 p.) 000471541 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-251) and index. 000471541 5050_ $$aPart I: Law schools -- Tracking the bubble -- The role of the ABA and U.S. news rankings -- Inadequate responses -- Part II: Big law firms -- Attorney dissatisfaction -- The transformation of big law firms -- Surging income inequality -- Continuing destabilization -- Dewey & LeBoeuf: a case study -- Part III: Deflating the bubble -- Law schools -- Big law firms -- Prospective lawyers. 000471541 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000471541 520__ $$a"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"--Provided by publisher. 000471541 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000471541 650_0 $$aPractice of law$$zUnited States$$vPopular works. 000471541 650_0 $$aLawyers$$xJob satisfaction$$zUnited States$$vPopular works. 000471541 650_0 $$aLaw firms$$zUnited States$$vPopular works. 000471541 650_0 $$aLaw$$xVocational guidance$$zUnited States$$vPopular works. 000471541 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aHarper, Steven J., 1954-$$tLawyer bubble.$$dNew York : Basic Books, c2013$$z9780465058778$$w(DLC) 2012048153$$w(OCoLC)820553418 000471541 8520_ $$bacq 000471541 85280 $$bebk$$hEbrary 000471541 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=991092$$zOnline Access 000471541 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:471541$$pGLOBAL_SET 000471541 980__ $$aEBOOK 000471541 980__ $$aBIB 000471541 982__ $$aEbook 000471541 983__ $$aOnline