Divorce Lawyers at Work Varieties of Professionalism in Practice

WINNER OF THE C. HERMAN PRITCHETT BOOK AWARD for the best book publishedin the Law and Courts field during 2001How do lawyers think about and make the important decisions that constitute theday-to-day practice of law? This book explores that question through anextensive empirical study of lawyers practicing divorce law in New England. Theauthors emphasize the importance of "collegial control" in shaping lawyers'decisions and identify a variety of "communities of practice" that serve as keyagents of that control.Offering a new understanding of the nature of lawyers' work in divorce law aswell as a new perspective on legal professionalism, this book is requiredreading for scholars, students, and practitioners.