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By Any Measure, The Law As A Profession Is In Serious Trouble. Americans' Trust In Lawyers Is At A Low, And Many Members Of The Profession Wish They Had Chosen A Different Path. Law Schools, With Their Endlessly Rising Tuitions, Are Churning Out Too Many Graduates For The Jobs Available. Yet Despite The Glut Of Lawyers, The United States Ranks 67th (tied With Uganda) Of 97 Countries In Access To Justice And Affordability Of Legal Services. The Upper Echelons Of The Legal Establishment Remain Heavily White And Male. Most Problematic Of All, The Professional Organizations That Could Help Remedy These Concerns Instead Jealously Protect Their Prerogatives, Stifling Necessary Innovation And Failing To Hold Practitioners Accountable. Deborah Rhode's The Trouble With Lawyers Is A Comprehensive Account Of The Challenges Facing The American Bar. She Examines How The Problems Have Affected (and Originated Within) Law Schools, Firms, And Governance Institutions Like Bar Associations; The Impact On The Justice System And Access To Lawyers For The Poor; And The Profession's Underlying Difficulties With Diversity. She Uncovers The Structural Problems, From The Tyranny Of Law School Rankings And

Author

Deborah L. Rhode

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780190933753

Subjects

Political Science, Law

Rating

3.22 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14