Mitt Regan is McDevitt Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law Center. Lisa H. Rohrer is a senior fellow at the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law Center and a senior advisor at Fairfax Associates.

• Introduction: BigLaw1   Business and Profession: Bridging the Divide2   Clients in the Driver’s Seat3   Encouraging Entrepreneurs4   Entrepreneurs and Collaboration5   Pruning for Productivity6   The Material Economy of Compensation 7   The Symbolic Economy of Compensation8   Luring Laterals9   Trusted Advisors and Service ProvidersConclusion: Money and Meaning in the Modern Law FirmAppendix on the Research ProjectAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

"Explores how large firms are responding to intensifying competition and what this means for lawyers’ understandings of themselves as professionals, focusing on interviews conducted between 2009 and 2016 with partners in large US law firms to assess the claim that business concerns are eclipsing professional values in law firm practice."

Mitt Regan is McDevitt Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law Center. Lisa H. Rohrer is a senior fellow at the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law Center and a senior advisor at Fairfax Associates.

• Introduction: BigLaw1   Business and Profession: Bridging the Divide2   Clients in the Driver’s Seat3   Encouraging Entrepreneurs4   Entrepreneurs and Collaboration5   Pruning for Productivity6   The Material Economy of Compensation 7   The Symbolic Economy of Compensation8   Luring Laterals9   Trusted Advisors and Service ProvidersConclusion: Money and Meaning in the Modern Law FirmAppendix on the Research ProjectAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

"Explores how large firms are responding to intensifying competition and what this means for lawyers’ understandings of themselves as professionals, focusing on interviews conducted between 2009 and 2016 with partners in large US law firms to assess the claim that business concerns are eclipsing professional values in law firm practice."

Mitt Regan is McDevitt Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law Center. Lisa H. Rohrer is a senior fellow at the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law Center and a senior advisor at Fairfax Associates.

• Introduction: BigLaw1   Business and Profession: Bridging the Divide2   Clients in the Driver’s Seat3   Encouraging Entrepreneurs4   Entrepreneurs and Collaboration5   Pruning for Productivity6   The Material Economy of Compensation 7   The Symbolic Economy of Compensation8   Luring Laterals9   Trusted Advisors and Service ProvidersConclusion: Money and Meaning in the Modern Law FirmAppendix on the Research ProjectAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

"Explores how large firms are responding to intensifying competition and what this means for lawyers’ understandings of themselves as professionals, focusing on interviews conducted between 2009 and 2016 with partners in large US law firms to assess the claim that business concerns are eclipsing professional values in law firm practice."