denotes premium content | Jan 9 2009 Regular
posted 19 May 2008 in Volume 2 Issue 4
Opinion: Catherine Flutsch
On 6 January, New York Times journalist, Alex Williams, published an article called ‘The Falling-Down Professions’.1 In the week that Hillary Clinton claimed an unexpected victory over Barack Obama at the New Hampshire primaries, Williams’ article was the second most popular on New York Times online.
Williams states that American doctors and lawyers feel that society no longer views these professions as the embodiment of success, leading to a significant drop in the morale of the practitioners of these professions.
While Williams draws together US-centric evidence to support his argument, many legal practitioners outside the States will recognise some of the trends...
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