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The Hidden Costs of Lawyer Mobility: Of Law Firms, Law Schools, and the Education of Lawyers

Robert W. Hillman
University of California, Davis - School of Law

Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 91

Abstract:
This paper was delivered as the Randall Park Lecture at the University of Kentucky College of Law. It addresses the consequences of nearly two decades of lawyer mobility and law firm destablization and the effects of these trends on the professional development of inexperienced lawyers. It also offers thoughts on how lawyer mobility is, or at least should be, bringing into sharper focus the professional education mission of law schools.

Keywords: Lawyer mobility, law schools, professional responsibility, law firms, legal education

JEL Classifications: L2, J6, L8, L84, M53, J44

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Date posted: May 07, 2003 ; Last revised: May 07, 2003

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Hillman, Robert W., The Hidden Costs of Lawyer Mobility: Of Law Firms, Law Schools, and the Education of Lawyers. Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 91. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=390860 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.390860

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Robert William Hillman (Contact Author)

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