Women have become increasingly visible as leading advocates for social causes in a male-dominated profession. Their advancement in a specialized and often risky law practice illustrates a general process by which lawyers establish themselves as influential interpreters of law, enabling them to...

This chapter will appear in the forthcoming book edited by Robert Granfield and Lynn Mather entitled Private Lawyers and the Public Interest: The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession (Oxford University Press 2009). Drawing on the sociological theory of Pierre Bourdieu and data from...

This paper focuses on the anti-torture campaign that was catalyzed into existence in mid-2004 following the publication of the Abu Ghraib photos and the release of the first batch of "torture memos." Because the Bush administration essentially "legalized" torture, litigation has been the primary...

This study aims to identify and analyze, 1. Effect between work motivation on employee performance, 2. Effect of labor discipline on the performance of employees, work environment 3. Effect on the performance of employees, 4. The influence of organizational culture on employee performance, 5....