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Lawyers, Networks and Progressive Social Change: Lawyers Changing Lives

Lawyers, Networks and Progressive Social Change: Lawyers Changing Lives

Author: Dr. Jacqueline Kinghan
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509950089

Published In: January 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781509938094

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Written by a lawyer who works at the intersection between legal education and practice in access to justice and human rights, this book locates, describes and defines a collective identity for social justice lawyering in the UK.

Underpinned by theories of cause lawyering and legal mobilisation, the book argues that it is vital to understand the positions that progressive lawyers collectively take in order to frame the connections they make between their personal and professional lives, the tools they use to achieve social change, as well as ethical tensions presented by their work.

The book takes a reflexive ethnographic approach to capture the stories of 35 lawyers working to positively transform law and policy in the UK over the last 50 years. It also draws on a wealth of primary sources including case reports, historic campaign materials and media analysis alongside wider ethnographic interviews with academics, students and lawyers and participant observation at social justice conferences, workshops and events.

The book explains the way in which lawyers' networks facilitate their collective positioning and influence their strategic decision making, which in turn shapes their interactions with social activists, with other lawyers and with the state itself.

1. Introduction

2. The Context and Controversies of Progressive Lawyering

The Context of Progressive Lawyering

Cause Lawyering and Legal Mobilisation

The Controversies of Progressive Lawyering

Conclusions

3. Identifying Progressive Lawyers

Narrative Methodology

Reflexivity and Elite Interviewing

Identifying Areas of Practice

Ethnography

Fieldwork Interviews: Research Participant Selection