From a Professional Tribe to a Business Neo-Tribe: Towards a Theory of Consumer-based Lifestyles in the Legal Profession

Chronopoulou, Anna

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“…Crucially, this alternative perspective creates different interpretations and meanings which expose different aspects of the organisational context of the legal profession. The Maffesolian theory of neo-tribal sociality does not come without criticisms regarding its application in employment contexts 1 and more specifically the context of the legal profession, 2 as it tends to disregard the limitations professional cultures impose. These limitations will be discussed in the context of the commodification of race at the upper end of the legal profession.…”

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Neo-tribal Sociality in the Upper Echelons of the Legal Profession: Issues of Race

Chronopoulou

2024

The Long Walk to Equality: Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Injustice and the Law

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This chapter examines how the Maffesolian theory of neo-tribal sociality challenges race as one of the main characteristics of legal professional identity. It investigates the commodification of ‘race’ as a component of professional identity construction attesting to exclusionary practices. Academic accounts perceive ‘race’ either as an issue of discrimination or even of diversity, therefore, inclusion. This chapter examines ‘race’ from a different perspective. It perceives ‘race’ as an element of neo-tribalism especially in the upper echelons of the legal profession in England and Wales. The use of the notion of neo-tribal sociality in the study of the legal profession resurfaces hidden aspects of legal professional identity, which could potentially amount to a renegotiation of ‘race’ as a commodity. From this perspective, this chapter reveals aspects of a new kind of legal professional identity suggestive of elements of neo-tribalism. These claims are supported by a thorough examination of a small sample of older and more recent advertising material of some sets of Chambers and some large corporate law firms in England.

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Neo-tribal Sociality in the Upper Echelons of the Legal Profession: Issues of Race

Chronopoulou

2024

The Long Walk to Equality: Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Injustice and the Law

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“…62 Chronopoulou (2014a). See also Chronopoulou (2016) at 179-191 andChronopoulou (2015) at 169-184. 63 This position contradicts most of the feminist accounts in the profession.…”

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My Days of Mercy and In Between: Echoing Changes in Cinematic Representations of Women Lawyers

Chronopoulou¹

2020

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The booming of Law and Popular Culture has been marked by an unprecedented production and consumption of a voluminous literature examining a wide range of legal themes in movies and TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, the UK and the US. The enthusiastic proponents of the field have been focusing mainly on examining issues of justice, plot, and lead characters in the role of lawyers. Partly, this literature draws parallels between cinematic representations of lawyers and real-life lawyers. Almost indiscriminately, this work focuses mainly on a critical analysis and investigation of cinematic representations of male lawyers, rendering women lawyers' cinematic portrayals largely unexplored on both sides of the Atlantic. Middle Eastern women lawyers' celluloid representations are even more limited, functioning as a constant reminder of this ever-present absence. This paper seeks to address this absence by examining a relatively small sample of films from both the Anglo-American and Middle Eastern cinematic traditions. It puts forward the suggestion that despite differences characterising the relevant cinematic traditions, cinematic representations of women lawyers remain largely similar.

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From a Professional Tribe to a Business Neo-Tribe: Towards a Theory of Consumer-based Lifestyles in the Legal Profession

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Neo-tribal Sociality in the Upper Echelons of the Legal Profession: Issues of Race

Neo-tribal Sociality in the Upper Echelons of the Legal Profession: Issues of Race

My Days of Mercy and In Between: Echoing Changes in Cinematic Representations of Women Lawyers

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