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Are Law Firm Partners Islands unto Themselves? An Empirical Study of Law Firm Peer Review and Culture
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
  • Susan Saab Fortney, Texas A&M University School of Law
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1996
ISSN
1041-5548
Abstract

This article examines how attitude and law firm culture affect peer review and principal accountability by using empirical data obtained from a survey of Texas law firms. Part I briefly describes the research design and the general profiles of respondents of the survey. Part II discusses the peer review measures used by the firms surveyed for this article. Part III analyzes attitudes about peer review. Part IV focuses on the obstacles to peer review. Part V considers the connection between firm culture and the implementation of peer review measures. Finally, the conclusion explains how firm managers can reshape attitudes to address the resistance to peer review and institute peer review measures which serve the firm, its attorneys, its clients, and the community.

Num Pages
46
Publisher
Georgetown University Law Center
Disciplines
File Type
PDF
Citation Information
Susan Saab Fortney. "Are Law Firm Partners Islands unto Themselves? An Empirical Study of Law Firm Peer Review and Culture" Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics Vol. 10 Iss. 2 (1996) p. 271 - 316
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_fortney/41/