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Legal profession

Urban Lawyers: The New Social Structure of the Bar: Authors: John P. Heinz, Robert L. Nelson, John P. Heinz, Robert L. Nelson, Rebecca L. Sandefur and Edward O. Laumann, Updated Sep 24, 2008; Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2005 Over the past several decades, the number of lawyers in large cities has doubled, women have entered the bar at an…
Lawyers of the Right, Networks and Organization: Authors: John P. Heinz, Anthony Paik , Ann Southworth, Updated Jan 23, 2008; Lawyers for conservative and libertarian causes are active in organizing interest groups within the conservative coalition, and networks of relationships among those lawyers help to maintain and…
Networks among Lawyers Active in National Policymaking: Author: John P. Heinz, Updated Jan 23, 2008; This project examines patterns of contact among lawyers active in organizations spanning the full ideological range of American domestic politics. Network analysis techniques enable us to examine…