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Dataset

Chicago Lawyers Survey, 1975

Authors:

  • John Heinz, Northwestern University
  • Edward O. Laumann, University of Chicago
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Description

The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the social organization of the legal profession in Chicago. Several major aspects of the legal profession were investigated: the organization of lawyers' work, the social stratification within the Chicago Bar Association, prestige within the profession, lawyers' personal values, career patterns and mobility, networks of association, and the "elites" within the profession.