Lawyers as leaders /

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Author / Creator:Rhode, Deborah L.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12587720
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ISBN:9780199896233
0199896232
1299712843
9781299712843
9780199896226
0199896224
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:No occupation in America supplies a greater proportion of leaders than the legal profession, yet it has done little to prepare them for this role. Lawyers sit at the helm of a vast array of powerful law firms, businesses, governmental, and nonprofit organizations. Two of the last three presidents have been lawyers. And yet almost no occupation rouses greater public distrust. This paradox raises two important questions: Why do we look to lawyers to lead, and why do so many of them prove to be so ill-prepared for that role? In Lawyers as Leaders, eminent law professor Deborah Rhode not only answ.
Other form:Print version: Rhode, Deborah L. Lawyers as leaders. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780199896226