2010 Law & Society Annual Meeting, May 27-30, Chicago, Illinois

Proposed list of papers for LSA Annual Meeting

Non-Paper Panels

Session Code 105372, Roundtable Discussion, "A Dream Deferred? Exploring the Impact of Placements on Pro Bono Partnerships"

Participants include: Scott Cummings, UCLA Law School; Thomas Morsch, Northwestern Law School; Steve Scudder, ABA; Deborah Rhode, Stanford Law; Stephen Daniels, ABF; Mary Meg McCarthy, National Immigrant Justice Center; Michael Bergman, PILI; and Joanne Martin, American Bar Endowment

Papers Panels

Session Code 105361, Panel 1: Networks of Power [Heinz Tribute Panel], Chair/Discussant Anne Southworth

Jack Heinz (ABF), Anthony Paik (Iowa Sociology), & Ann Southworth (UC Irvine Law, "Networks of Lawyers in National Policymaking"
Bryant Garth (Southwestern Law) & Yves Dezalay (Univ of Paris), "Lawyers in Relation to Different Forms of Capital: Social, Familial, Learned, and Political"
Jerry Van Hoy (University of Toledo), "Networks Among Plaintiffs' Personal Injury Lawyers in Indiana"
Sida Liu (Wisconsin Sociology), "Lawyers, State Officials, and Significant Others: Symbiotic Exchange in the Chinese Legal Services Market"

Session Code 105363, Panel 2: Lawyers and Social Structure (Stratification) [Heinz Tribute Panel], Chair/Discussant Rebecca Sandefur/Ethan Michelson

Elizabeth Gorman (University of Virginia) & Fiona Kay (Queen's University, Sociology), "Which Law Firms Have More Minority Associates? Employment Practices and Minority Representation."
Carole Silver (Georgetown Law) & Steven Boutcher (UC Irvine Sociology), "Gender and Global Lawyering: Analyzing the Status of Women in Global Law Fims"
David Wilkins (Harvard Law), "Black Chicago Lawyers"
Rebecca Sandefur (Stanford Sociology), "Debt and Aspirations: Who Goes to Work for the Public"

Session Code 105365, Panel 3: Professional Autonomy of Lawyers, Chair/Discussant: [Heinz Tribute Panel]

Herbert Kritzer (Univ of Minnesota Law), "Ethical Issues in Insurance Defense Practice"
Marina Zaloznaya (Northwestern Univ.) and Laura Beth Nielsen, (Northwestern Univ. and ABF), "The Experience And Consequences Of Professional Marginality: The Case Of Public Interest Lawyers"
Elizabeth Chambliss (New York Law School), Embedded Ethics: The Role of Practice Groups in Large Law Firms
Tanina Rostain (NY Law School) "Not Such a Great Notion: The Development of Mass Marketed Tax Shelters at KPMG"

Session Code 105366, Panel 4: Organization and Markets in Legal Service, Chair/Discussant William Henderson [Heinz Tribute Panel]

Bierman, Leonard (Mays Business School, Texas A&M University), "Law Firm Managing Partners: A Top Management Team Cohesion Analysis"
E. Douglass Williams (University of the South) & Richard Sander (UCLA Law), "The Rise and Stagnation of the American Legal Market, 1965-2010", OR E. Douglass Williams, Jane Yakowitz (UCLA Law) and Richard Sander, "Investing in Law School: Expectations and Expected Earnings in the Contemporary Legal Market"
Robert Lee (Co-Director, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS)), "Environmental Lawyers and How They Forge Internal Markets for their Services within Large Law Firms"
Ronit Dinovitzer (Toronto Sociology) & John Hagan (Northwestern Sociology), "The Gendered and Leveraged Hierarchies of American Legal Labor Markets"

Session Code 105367, Panel 5: The Rise of "Brand Name" Law Schools and Law Firms, Chair/Discussant Jeffrey Lipshaw (Suffolk Law)

William Henderson (Indiana Law) & Marc Galanter (Wisconsin Law / LSE), "What's in a Name: Understanding Big Law Firms by Reading their Shingles"
Silvia Hodges (Emerson College), "The Development of Marketing Orientation in the Legal Profession"
Jane Yakowitz (UCLA Law) & Richard Sander (UCLA Law), "The Perceived and Actual Value of Law School Eliteness in Future Earnings"
Joyce Sterling (Denver Law), "What Kind of Lawyer am I? The Quest for Professional Identity in the Wake of the Financial Crisis."

Session Code 105368, Panel 6: Four Decades of Data on Careers of Michigan Law Graduates, Chair/Discussant TBA

Terry Adams (Michigan Law) & David Chambers (Michigan Law), "Careers of Racial/Ethnic Minorities"
Mary Noonan (Iowa Sociology) & Mary Corcoran (Michigan Economics), "Gender Issues MI Law Graduates"
David Chambers (Michigan Law) & Terry Adams (Michigan Law), "Huge changes in Careers of Michigan Law Graduates with Growth of Very Large Firms"

Session Code 105371, Panel 7: Lawyers in Practice: Ethical Decisionmaking in Context I, Chair: Leslie Levin (Conn Law), Discussant: Tanina Rostain (NYLS Law)

Kimberly Kirkland (Franklin Pierce Law), "The Ethical Consciousness of the Corporate Litigator"
Sung Hui Kim (Southwestern Law), "The Ethics of In-House Practice"
John Conley (UNC Law) & Lynn Mather (SUNY Buffalo), "The Ethical World of Patent Lawyers"
Susan Fortney (Texas Tech Law), "Ethics and the Fiduciary Duties of Associates"

Session Code 105369, Panel 8: Lawyers in Practice: Ethical Decisionmaking in Context II, Chair: Lynn Mather (SUNY Buffalo), Discussant: Rich Abel (UCLA Law)

Leslie Levin (Connecticutt Law), "Immigration Lawyers and the Lying Client"
Joanne Martin (ABF) & Steven Daniels (ABF), "If the Phones Stop Ringing, I May as Well Turn out the Lights: Plaintiffs' Lawyers and the Tension between Professional Norms and the Need to Generate Business"
Corey Shdaimah (University of Maryland), "Legal Services Lawyers: When Conceptions of Lawyering and Values Clash"
Nicole Martorano Van Cleve (Northwestern Univ. Sociology), "Reinterpreting the Zealous Advocate: Multiple Intermediary Roles of the Criminal Defense Attorney"

Changes, Additions? Contact:

Michele DeStefano Beardslee
Associate Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
Ph. 305.284.2411
mdbeardslee@law.miami.edu