PSCI 4341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bar Association, Legal Services Corporation, Risk It
27 Jan 2017
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Monday, february 22, 2016 10:00 am: 10% of lawyers work for the government, 10% work for corporations, remainder split between public interest law, academia, and military, private practice. In-house counsel: just as talented as those in law rms but are paid less and is less interesting, however, more humane hours, tend to do a lot of transactional work, hr matters, reading/reviewing contracts, routine matters. If a corporation gets sued, its usually head of legal department that gets outside rm. Contingency fee system: contingency fees can give huge rewards for a successful case. Attorneys are all over government, from highest to lowest levels, lots of lawyers in government. State solicitor generals: kind of a newer concept in many state structures, mirrors what the federal solicitor general does, represents the state in court issues, often represents the state in federal courts, providing access to poor americans.
