Between Diffusion and Distinctiveness in Globalization: U.S. Law Firms Go Glocal

There is widespread agreement that law firms have embraced globalization, but what this means and why it matters are subjects still cloaked with uncertainty. In this article, the researchers consider some questions as they apply to US law firms, and offer a new lens to interpret the role of globaliz...

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Published in:The Georgetown journal of legal ethics 2009-10, Vol.22 (4), p.1431
Main Authors: Silver, Carole, Phelan, Nicole De Bruin, Rabinowitz, Mikaela
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