{"product_id":"9781439902875","title":"Cheaper by the Hour: Temporary Lawyers and the Deprofessionalization of the Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecent law school graduates often work as temporary attorneys, but law firm layoffs and downsizing have strengthened the temporary attorney industry. \u003ci\u003eCheaper by the Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length account of these workers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drawing from participant observation and interviews, Robert A. Brooks provides a richly detailed ethnographic account of freelance attorneys in Washington, DC. He places their document review work in the larger context of the deprofessionalization of skilled labor and considers how professionals relegated to temporary jobs feel diminished, degraded, or demeaned by work that is often tedious, repetitive, and well beneath their abilities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brooks documents how firms break a lawyer's work into discrete components that require less skill to realize maximum profits. Moreover, he argues that information technology and efficiency demands are further stratifying the profession and creating a new underclass of lawyers who do low-end commodity work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300835541232,"sku":"9781439902875","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439902875_p0.jpg?v=1763758447","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439902875","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}