Faculty of law at Stanford has launched a multi-year study with a donation of Sidley Austin that focuses on changes in the legal profession.
Primarily funded with a gift of $750,000 of the Sidley Austin Foundation and the Sidley Stanford Alumni "Stanford Law School study of the legal profession" gather data to analyze the structure and the Organization of firms in constant evolution.
The study is conducted by the Centre for education about the legal profession, is expected to take three to five years. Faculty, alumni and the Stanford University Graduate School of business work on the project. It will include the entry of practitioners, managing partners and in-house counsel.
"There is a widespread belief, which I think is true, that the legal profession through a radical transformation," said Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer. The study, says, is designed to meet different perspectives and information on changes in legal industry for an exact image and full State of the profession and where it is directed.
Harvard Law School, Georgetown University Law Center in recent years open centres for the study of the legal profession. Stanford study said Kramer insists on empirical research.
The project will focus on modifying reports associate partner, hourly rate, customer expectations, lateral movement, specialization, globalization, technology and more. The school will publish its findings as and work on its Web site.
Sidley Austin Committee Chairman Thomas Cole said in a news release that society supports the program "to ensure a sustainable legal model that is used by clients and lawyers." Established in 2006, the Sidley Austin Foundation provides support to the legal aid society, equal Justice Initiative and lambda legal defense and education.
Leigh Jones can be contacted at ljones@alm.com.
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