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14 Int'l J. Legal Prof. 1 (2007)

handle is hein.journals/injlepro14 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, 9 Routledge VOL. 14, NO. 1, MARCH 2007 1 Editorial AVROM SHERR This issue produces important new research about the way lawyers practise, the way they are trained, the markets within which they work and the styles and approach of legal professionals. Bill Felstiner and Alan Bradshaw take forward some earlier research by deep mining information relating to the way in which lawyers practise, to their income gen- eration and then comparing this with known gender differences in lawyer income. They consider differential appetites for marketing, differential appetites for bureaucratic organisation and differences in client preferences as having stronger effects on income than the institutional practises of law firms themselves. Because these are con- structions of identity, these differences may be less amenable to targeted reform. Don Fleming and Anne Daly note how far the legal profession in Australia and elsewhere has moved away from working in legal aid-funded markets. They note the 'juniorisation' of legal aid work and consider the effect of market change on service quality. Thomas Scheffer continues work on the comparative micro sociology of criminal proceedings in comparing in detail the 'styles' of criminal lawyers. He works in the area of professional habitus, 'how lawyers think about and make the decisions that constitute their daily practices'. He suggests that lawyers adjust to the procedural regimes that they regularly attend, and it is the regime which serves as the frame and teaches the practicalities necessary to do the job and play the game. The regime may not be identical with legal tradition, system or culture. Scheffer moves away from previous concepts of 'rules versus relationships', distance versus solidarity, control versus wishes of the client or client centeredness versus self interest. He notes gender differences between the lawyers studied as well as the effect of the regimes in which they practice. Elizabeth Hoffman shows how the enthusiasm of students in public interest law and pro bono work might well be maintained when mentors in first post-graduation jobs show a similar level of commitment to these activities. Lastly, Dr Hilton considers lawyer-client behaviour in terms of client perceptions of power. In a competitive market place, lawyers can gain advantage if they are able to encourage more clients to exhibit behaviours that have a positive outcome for their firm. Studies within the management of behaviour suggest that client perceptions may well be effectively influenced in this way. ISSN 0969-5958 print/ISSN 1469-9257 online/07/010001-1 0 2007 Taylor & Francis DOI: 10.1080/09695950701359231

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