Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Assessing the State of the Field: Cause Lawyering

"Assessing the State of the Field - Cause Lawyering"
Austin Sarat (Chair), Richard L. Abel (Participant), Laura Beth Nielsen (Participant), Howard Erlanger (Participant)

Roundtable - Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings May 30, 2008 Montreal Canada

This panel will take stock of the research on cause lawyering and to think about future directions. What progress has been made in thinking about cause lawyers? Do we have an analytically sound definition? Has the study of cause lawyers advanced our understanding of the complex boundaries between law and politics? What are the most significant unanswered questions and most promising directions for future research?

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