Structural Change in Nebraska's Legal Profession and the Implications for Broad Based Efficacy in Representation
Loading...
Authors
Hickerson, Steven R.
Issue Date
1982
Volume
15
Issue
Type
Journal Article
Language
Keywords
Alternative Title
Abstract
INTRODUCTION|The number of attorneys in the United States has grown dramatically in the past few decades, far outpacing the rate of increase in the population. Evidence indicates that the volume of "legalistic work" increased even more. The American common law system "encourages this legal proliferation, with its emphasis upon ad hoc specificity, case by case evaluation, and extremely detailed law-regulation writing habits." This explosion in the absolute size of the legal profession has been accompanied by the suspicion that the burgeoning number of lawyers is illsuited to the task of providing effective and affordable representation of the "ordinary citizens'" diffuse interests. This paradox is best understood in terms of the changing institutional structure of the legal profession, not its numerical size. Leon Mayhew has conceptualized the problem of delivering legal services:...
Description
Citation
15 Creighton L. Rev. 1 (1981-1982)
Publisher
Creighton University School of Law