Chicago lawyers : the social structure of the bar

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List of Tables ; List of Figures ; Foreword by Marshall Robinson ; Foreword by Spencer L. Kimball ; Preface ; Part I. Introduction; Chapter 1. The Scope and Nature of the Study ; The Data Set ; Some Characteristics of Chicago Lawyers ; The Profession: Context ; The Plan of the Book ; Is Chicago Typical? ; Part II. Lawyers' Roles: The Predominance of Client-centered Structure ; Introduction. Defining the Fields of Law ; Chapter 2. The Organization of Lawyers' Work ; The Distribution of Lawyers' Effort Among the Fields of Law ; Level of Specialization in the Fields of Law. Patterns of Co-Practice Among Fields of Law Conclusion ; Appendix to Chapter 2: Methods Used to Analyze the Patterns of Co-Practice of the Fields of Law ; Chapter 3. Social Differentiation Within the Profession ; The Degree of Differentiation ; The Dimensions of Differentiation ; Conclusions ; Chapter 4. Honor Among Lawyers ; The Prestige Order ; The Structure of Prestige ; Correlates of Prestige: Imputed Characteristics ; Multivariate Models of Prestige ; Conclusions ; Part III. Lawyers' Lives: Social Background, Social Values, and Career Mobility. Chapter 5. Social Values Within the Profession Economic Values ; Civil Libertarian Values ; Religious Values ; Value Differentiation Within the Profession ; Multiple Classification Analysis of Value Differences ; Further Consideration of the Impact of Economic Values ; Self-Selection Versus Socialization ; Conclusion ; Chapter 6. The Patterns of Lawyers' Careers ; Introducing the Concept of Social Biography ; Evaluating the Model of the Status Attainment Process ; Type of School Attended and Career Placement ; First Major Legal Job and Current Job ; Conclusion: Survival in First Jobs. Appendix to Chapter 6: Retention in Selected Professions Part IV. Lawyers' Ties: Networks of Association, Organizations, and Political Activities ; Chapter 7. Networks of Collegial Relationships ; Field Self-Selection ; Colleague Choice Across Fields ; The Influence of Ethnoreligious and Law School Ties ; Appendix to Chapter 7: Measures of Field Self-Selection ; Chapter 8. The Organized Bar / By John P. Heinz, Edward O. Laumann, Charles L. Cappell, Terence C. Halliday, and Michael Schaalman ; Bar Association Membership Rates ; Patterns of Participation. Organizational Objectives and Effectiveness Group Differences ; Types of Objectives ; Conclusions ; Chapter 9. The Constituencies of ""Notable"" Chicago Lawyers ; The Likelihood of Knowing Notables ; The Characteristics of the Notables ; Biographical Sketches of Notables ; Smallest Space Analysis of Notables' Networks ; The Notables' Space as Defined by Respondent Characteristics ; The Spheres of Influence ; Part V. Conclusion ; Chapter 10. The Hemispheres of the Legal Profession: Summary and Speculation ; Size, Separation, and Specialization of the Two Hemispheres