Bloomberg Law
April 10, 2015, 8:37 PM UTC

In Cambridge, Lawyers Debate Future of Their Profession

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

“There is widespread agreement that the legal profession is in a period of stress and transition; its economic models are under duress; the concepts of its professional uniqueness are narrow and outdated; and, as a result, its ethical imperatives are weakened and their sources ill-defined.”

That’s the premise put forth in a paper that was presented at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession conference on April 10.

Authored by former general counsel of the General Electric Corporation Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Wilmer Hale partner William F. Lee, and Harvard Law School Vice Dean of the Legal Profession David B. Wilkins, ...

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