
Research Professor Emeritus
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Joint appointment
Owen L. Coon Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University School of Law
Education
B.A., Washington University in St. Louis;
LL.B, Yale Law School
Bio
For the past forty years, Jack Heinz’s research has focused primarily on the social structure of the legal profession. This work applies sociological methods, often using quantitative measures, to the study of the organization and delivery of legal services and the relationships among varying types of lawyers.
He is perhaps best known as the co-author, with Edward Laumann of the University…
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Research focus
The social structure of the legal profession, the political activity of lawyers, and interest group politics.