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Am unteren Ende der Futterkette

The economy is bad, so that means that down here at S&C, the clients are starting to dwindle, and the ones the firm has are having trouble paying their legal bills. New cases aren't starting, which means that associates and litigation analysts don't have anything to do. That means they're starting to get the work that contract attorneys usually get.

This means that even "lifer" temps who have been working at S&C are being summarily dismissed, usually with little to no notice that we could lose the steady source of income that we'd come to expect. No notice, no severance. Your last day of earning is today. If you discuss this with lawyers not trapped in the temp system, or with basically anybody not on the inside, the situation smacks of outrageous and patent injustice.

Here's my question: what's the point of having a blogroll of people devoted to complaining about the life of a contract attorney if that position isn't being used to do some good? Sure, it's cathartic to bash on "biglaw" and the parasitic temp agencies, but at the end of the day, it's not helping anybody out in any real way.

Gibt es bald eine Gewerkschaft der Temp Attorneys? Und vor allem: Steht dem deutschen Rechtsmarkt eine ähnliche Entwicklung bevor oder besteht hierzulande (nicht zuletzt wegen anderer Grundsätze im Zivilprozess) auf absehbare Zeit kein Bedarf für Heerscharen von "contract lawyers"?

Was meint die Leserschaft?

Full post as published by jurabilis - German bLAWg from Berlin. on November 22, 2008 (boomark / email).