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Cheaper by the Hour

Temporary Lawyers and the Deprofessionalization of the Law

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Paperback
Book Cheaper by the Hour Robert A. Brooks
Libristo code: 05075964
Publishers Temple University Press,U.S., August 2012
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Recent law school graduates often work as temporary attorneys, but law firm layoffs and downsizing have strengthened the temporary attorney industry. Cheaper by the Hour is the first book-length account of these workers. Drawing from participant observation and interviews, Robert A. Brooks provides a richly detailed ethnographic account of freelance attorneys in Washington, DC. He places their document review work in the larger context of the de-professionalization of skilled labour and considers how professionals relegated to temporary jobs feel diminished, degraded, or demeaned by work that is often tedious, repetitive, and well beneath their abilities. Brooks documents how firms break a lawyer's work into discreet components that require less skill to realize maximum profits. Moreover, he argues that information technology and efficiency demands

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About the book

Full name Cheaper by the Hour
Author Robert A. Brooks
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 2012
Number of pages 234
EAN 9781439902868
Libristo code 05075964
Publishers Temple University Press,U.S.
Weight 318
Dimensions 152 x 229 x 15

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Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal profession: general
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