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developments in legal professions  

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  • One would not expect large, powerful professions heavily involved in the changing political, economic, and social environment of the modern world to stand still or to exist oblivious to or outside the great flux of contemporary world life.Souces of ChangeIn the West at least, the oldest profession involved in most facets of social life is that of the law. Of course, it has not been immune from social change. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Professions, Developments in Legal]

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