Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Foreword by Marshall Robinson
Foreword by Spencer L. Kimball
Preface
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. The Scope and Nature of the Study
The Data Set
Some Characteristics of Chicago Lawyers
The Profession: Context
The Plan of the Book
Is Chicago Typical?
Part II. Lawyers' Roles: The Predominance of Client-centered Structure
Introduction. Defining the Fields of Law
Chapter 2. The Organization of Lawyers' Work
The Distribution of Lawyers' Effort Among the Fields of Law
Level of Specialization in the Fields of Law
Patterns of Co-Practice Among Fields of Law
Conclusion
Appendix to Chapter 2: Methods Used to Analyze the Patterns of Co-Practice of the Fields of Law
Chapter 3. Social Differentiation Within the Profession
The Degree of Differentiation
The Dimensions of Differentiation
Conclusions
Chapter 4. Honor Among Lawyers
The Prestige Order
The Structure of Prestige
Correlates of Prestige: Imputed Characteristics
Multivariate Models of Prestige
Conclusions
Part III. Lawyers' Lives: Social Background, Social Values, and Career Mobility
Chapter 5. Social Values Within the Profession
Economic Values
Civil Libertarian Values
Religious Values
Value Differentiation Within the Profession
Multiple Classification Analysis of Value Differences
Further Consideration of the Impact of Economic Values
Self-Selection Versus Socialization
Conclusion
Chapter 6. The Patterns of Lawyers' Careers
Introducing the Concept of Social Biography
Evaluating the Model of the Status Attainment Process
Type of School Attended and Career Placement
First Major Legal Job and Current Job
Conclusion: Survival in First Jobs
Appendix to Chapter 6: Retention in Selected Professions
Part IV. Lawyers' Ties: Networks of Association, Organizations, and Political Activities
Chapter 7. Networks of Collegial Relationships
Field Self-Selection
Colleague Choice Across Fields
The Influence of Ethnoreligious and Law School Ties
Appendix to Chapter 7: Measures of Field Self-Selection
Chapter 8. The Organized Bar / By John P. Heinz, Edward O. Laumann, Charles L. Cappell, Terence C. Halliday, and Michael Schaalman
Bar Association Membership Rates
Patterns of Participation
Organizational Objectives and Effectiveness
Group Differences
Types of Objectives
Conclusions
Chapter 9. The Constituencies of "Notable" Chicago Lawyers
The Likelihood of Knowing Notables
The Characteristics of the Notables
Biographical Sketches of Notables
Smallest Space Analysis of Notables' Networks
The Notables' Space as Defined by Respondent Characteristics
The Spheres of Influence
Part V. Conclusion
Chapter 10. The Hemispheres of the Legal Profession: Summary and Speculation
Size, Separation, and Specialization of the Two Hemispheres
The Legal and Medical Professions Compared
Interests from Within and Without
Sources of the Profession's Social Organization
Corporate Lawyers and Their Clients: Further Thoughts on the Allocation of Autonomy
Increasing Rigidity of the Lines of Stratification
Functional and Conflict Perspectives Reexamined
Conclusion
Appendix A. The Chicago Bar Project
Appendix B. Selected Characteristics of Lawyers by Field of Law Practiced
Name Index
Subject Index