Overview

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.

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Author:   Jacqueline Kinghan (University of Glasgow, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781509938094

ISBN 10:   1509938095
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   29 July 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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 Other Data Sources and Data Analysis Contested Labelling of Progressive Legal Identity Conclusions 4. Pathways to Law The Legal Profession and Social Class Shared Beginnings Shared Left Values Shared Turning Points Collective Identity: Conclusions 5. Tools for Change Legal Advice and Representation Strategic Litigation Policy Work and Campaigning Conclusions 6. Educating Progressive Lawyers An Autoethnographic Perspective on Legal Education Social Alienation at Law School Bringing US Experience Home A Formative UK Experience Conclusions 7. Professional Legal Ethics and the Progressive Social Self Resolute Positions Constrained Positions Conflict and Contestation Conclusions 8. Sustaining Progressive Lawyering Funding and Burnout Passion and Persistence Knowledge and Experience Barristers and Excellence Social Mobility and Access Conclusions 9. Lawyers, Networks and the Future of Progressive Lawyering: 'This Work Needs to be Done' Conceptualising a Progressive Lawyering Movement A Progressive Lawyering Future Appendix One: Table of Narrative Interviews Appendix Two: Narrative Interview Question Guide

Reviews

Differences between lawyers identified as radical, cause or progressive can be difficult to discern. It is, however, interesting to explore possible distinctions. This book brings a new perspective to that task. -- Andy Boon * Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies *

Author Information

Jacqueline Kinghan is Senior Lecturer in Law and Social Justice at Newcastle University Law School, UK.

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