Lawyers in Business

A study of the impact of business on legal practice exploring the attitudes and aspirations of lawyers and linking the findings to questions of the effective management of legal services. Included is a comparative analysis of trends in the UK and Australia.

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Part 1 Lawyers in business: introduction - new directions in lawyering; the rise of the company legal department; the advantages and disadvantages of the in-house lawyer; the work of the in-house lawyer; the integrated lawyer(1) - preventative law; the integrated lawyer(2) - translating law into practice; the integrated lawyer(3) - reacting to legal difficulties; the training and development of the in-house lawyer; the career of the in-house lawyer. Part 2 The law business: business regulation and business ethics; beyond litigation - mega-clients, mega-law and mini-trials; the law business and the business of law - a crisis of direction?; conclusion: can lawyers be liked?.