A Farewell to Tournaments?: The Need for an Alternative Explanation of Law Firm Structure and Growth

Kevin A. Kordana; George Rutherglen;

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A Farewell to Tournaments?: The Need for an Alternative Explanation of Law Firm Structure and Growth

Kevin A. Kordana

George Rutherglen

PUBLISHER

Virginia Law Review

DATE

1998

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Kevin A. Kordana

George Rutherglen

Citation

Kevin A. Kordana & George Rutherglen, A Farewell to Tournaments?: The Need for an Alternative Explanation of Law Firm Structure and Growth, 84 Virginia Law Review 1695-1705 (1998).

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