Chicago lawyers survey, 1975

This study contains information collected in 1975 on attorneys in Chicago. The purpose of this data collection is to describe and analyze the social organization of the legal profession in Chicago. Several major aspects of the legal profession are investigated here: the organization of lawyers'...

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Main Author: Heinz, John P., 1936-
Corporate Authors: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Other Authors: Laumann, Edward O
Format: Book
Language:Undetermined
Published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], [198-?]
Series:ICPSR (Series) ; 8218
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Summary:This study contains information collected in 1975 on attorneys in Chicago. The purpose of this data collection is to describe and analyze the social organization of the legal profession in Chicago. Several major aspects of the legal profession are investigated here: the organization of lawyers' work, the social stratification within the local (Chicago) Bar Association, prestige within the profession, lawyers' personal values, career patterns and mobility, networks of association, and the 'elites' within the profession. The data were collected based upon a stratified sample with simple random selection of elements within strata using Sullivan's Law Directory as a primary source, and as a supplementary source, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. The universe is all attorneys in the city of Chicago who are non-retired and not recent graduates from law school (one year) who had law offices. Interviews were completed by 777 attorneys
Item Description:Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network
ICPSR data class: Class III
Physical Description:data file ( logical records) + codebook
Format:The logical record length of the data is 1,221 characters