Tournament of Lawyers The Transformation of the Big Law Firm by Marc Galanter

The University of Chicago Press

Tournament of LawyersThe Transformation of the Big Law Firm\nAuthor(s): Marc Galanter, Thomas Palay\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226278773, 978-0226278773\nSynopsis\nTournament of Lawyers traces in detail the rise of one hundred of the nation's top firms in order to diagnose the health of the business of American law. Galanter and Palay demonstrate that much of the large firm's organizational success stems from its ability to blend the talents of experienced partners with those of energetic junior lawyers driven by a powerful incentive--the race to win \""the promotion-to-partner tournament.\"" This calmly reasoned study reveals, however, that the very causes of the spiraling growth of the large law firm may lead to its undoing. \""Galanter and Palay pose questions and offer some answers which are certain to change the way big firm practice is regarded. To describe their work as challengil