Our gilded cage / by Scott Turow -- End billable hour goals . . . now / by Lawrence J. Fox -- A pig in a poke? the uncertain advantages of very large and highly leveraged law firms in America / by Michael H. Trotter -- Organizational perspectives on raising the bar: five tentative solutions / by Robert L. Nelson -- Law firms as great places to work / by Dr. Scott Cawood -- A view from outside the law firms / by Bruce D. Collins -- The death of partnership: can we end the trend? / by Lawrence J. Fox -- A new path to excellence: balanced hours 101 / by Cynthia Thomas Calvert and Natalie M. Hiott-Levine -- Solving the legal world's problems: a sole practitioner's perspective / by Roland Baggott -- Mentoring: alive and well? / by Louise A. LaMothe -- There's no turning back: five practical ways to motivate the new breed of associates / by Coke Morgan Stewart -- Developing young lawyers / by Dean Zipser -- Pro bono: more than a professional responsibility / by Joanne Martin and Stephen Daniels -- Let's start a ripple: building diversity in the legal profession / by Kay H. Hodge -- Should we mandate doing well by doing good? / by Lawrance J. Fox -- The statesman lawyer: an oxymoron? / by Robert N. Sayler -- Service to the bar / by Robert Grey, Jr -- The city upon the hill / by Michael E. Tigar