Resource Allocation in Legal Services

Individual Attorney Decisions in Work Priorities

Bibliographic Data

ID6089928
AuthorsCarrie Menkel-Meadow (0000-0003-2957-3761, University of California, Los Angeles), Carrie Menkel‐meadow, Robert G Meadows, Robert G Meadow (University of California San Diego)
Year1983
Volume5
Issue2
Pages237-256
Publication date1983-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9930.1983.tb00297.x
OpenAlexW2080293684
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited23

This article explores the issues of professional decision‐making in legal resource allocation by examining theoretical models of professional decision‐making, and applying them in the provision of legal services for the poor. Data collected from time sheets completed by attorneys in an urban legal services program suggest the relative importance of bureaucratic, external, client‐centered, ideology, personal, and role concept factors in allocating time for practice routines. The implications of these findings for the rational (i.e., cost benefit) determination of the value of legal services are discussed

Bureaucracy · Business · Economics · Ideology · Legal profession · Legal service · Management · Political science · Public relations · Resource (disambiguation · Resource allocation · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Computer Science · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Regulation and Compliance Studies

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