This piece focuses upon how the practice of lawyering has changed over the past 2 decades. Kelly particularly emphasizes how practice management and organizational structures have changed, and the effects of those changes upon the lawyers experiencing them. Further, Kelly predicts several issues that future lawyers should expect to face, given current trends.
The following sections of “Lives of Lawyers Revisited, by Michael J. Kelly, focus on different aspects of legal careers.
- Chapter 8, Thinking About Practice Organizations, pp. 260-291 (10/17) (all)
- Chapter 2 (small firm 1): pp. 22-52
- Chapter 3 (state government agency/public interest): pp. 53-95
- Chapter 4 (in-house counsel), pp. 96-129
- Chapter 5 (small firm 2): pp. 130-167
- Chapter 6 (large firm): pp. 168-221
Michael J. Kelly, Lives of lawyers revisited : transformation and resilience in the organizations of practice, University of Michigan Press (2007).
