Abstract
This paper seeks to explore the possible limits to two aspects of contemporary developments in the practice of lawyering. The first aspect is the tendency towards the standardization of legal tasks, identified as discrete entities, and the allocation of these separate task to 'least cost' labor, a process analogous to the practice of Scientific Management introduced to industrial production by F. W. Taylor in the early years of the 20th Century. The second aspect is, perhaps, a logical development from the first, namely the trend towards utilizing the capacity of information technology to replicate aspects of the lawyering role.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 987-1016 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Syracuse Law Review |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |