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The Program aims to present its research in a form that contributes both to academic scholarship and the day-to-day practice of law. To that end, we seek to publish our preliminary and final findings for all of our projects in multiple forms and publications, including works that are directed principally toward practitioners and policymakers.
We anticipate that the Program’s research will be useful in law reform and advocacy projects aimed at improving the legal profession and the delivery of legal services. Our faculty members continue to participate in several such endeavors, including the American Bar Association’s Commission on the Ongoing Study of Women of Color in the Legal Profession and the New Legal Realism project, which brings together academics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines to promote interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching in law schools.
The Case Development and Distribution Initiative uses interviews, data, and research to develop written and video summaries of strategic and organizational issues that law and other professional service firms face. Cases are intended for use in a variety of settings including law schools, business schools, executive education, and in-house programs. This initiative is partially funded by a generous grant from Dechert LLP. Please visit the Case Development Website for more information.
C55 Survey Results
This survey of female Harvard Law School Graduates was conducted by the HLS Program on the Legal Profession over a three month period from July - September 2008. A total of 1,855 alumnae responded to the online survey. While the responses set out below are not representative of all female HLS graduates, they provide an interesting snapshot of HLS women’s lives and careers.
After the JD: First Results of a National Study of Legal Careers
The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education
and the American Bar Foundation
http://www.abf-sociolegal.org/NewPublications/AJD.html
Survey of Third Year Law Students
David B. Wilkins & G. Mitu Gulati, What Law Students Think They Know About Elite Law Firms: Preliminary Results of a Survey of Third Year Law Students, 69 U. Cin. L Rev. 1213 (2001)
Miles to Go: Progress of Minorities in the Legal Profession
Elizabeth Chambliss
American Bar Association
Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Profession
www.abanet.org/minorities
Harvard Law School Report on the State of Black Alumni (1869 – 2000)
1869 - 2000
Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School
Click here to request a reprint of this report.
David B. Wilkins & Elizabeth Chambliss, Promoting Effective "Ethical Infrastructure" in Large Law Firms: A Call for Research and Reporting, 30 Hofstra L.J. 691 (2002)
David B. Wilkins & Elizabeth Chambliss, A New Framework for Law Firm Discipline, 16 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 335 (2003)
David B. Wilkins & Elizabeth Chambliss, The Emerging Role of Ethics Advisors, General Counsel, and Other Compliance Specialists in Large Law Firms, 44 U. of Ariz. L. Rev. 559 (2002)
Sean Williams, JD & David Nersessian, JD, PhD, Overview of the Professional Services Industry and the Legal Profession, A Report Provided to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation by the Harvard Law School Center on Lawyers and the Professional Services Industry (2007) |
