Lynn Mather

LAWYERS IN PRACTICE: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN CONTEXT, (with L. Levin, eds.) (University of Chicago Press: 2012)

PRIVATE LAWYERS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF PRO BONO IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION (with R. Granfield, eds.) (Oxford University Press: 2009)

DIVORCE LAWYERS AT WORK : VARIETIES OF PROFESSIONALISM IN PRACTICE (with Craig McEwan & Richard Maiman, ed.) (Oxford University Press: 2001) (Interview Schedule for Divorce Lawyers)

EMPIRICAL THEORIES ABOUT COURTS (1983)

PLEA BARGAINING OR TRIAL?: THE PROCESS OF CRIMINAL-CASE DISPOSITION (Lexington Books: 1979)

What Does It Mean to Be an Ethical Lawyer? The Importance of Context (with Leslie C. Levin), 20 ANNUAL REVIEW OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCE 163 (2024).

Communities of Scholars and Communities of Practice, 48 JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY 25 (2021).

What is a ‘Case’?, 11(2) ONATI SOCIO-LEGAL SERIES 355 (2021).

Lawyerly Fidelity: An Ethical and Empirical Critique, NOMOS vol. 54: 106 (2013)

Pro Bono Rising, But to What End?, LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO DAILY JOURNAL (Nov 4  2009)

The Only Peer-Reviewed, General Journal on Law and Policy, LAW & COURTS vol. 15: 12 (Summer  2005)

Changing Patterns of Legal Representation in Divorce: From Lawyers to Pro Se, JOURNAL OF LAW & SOCIETY vol. 30: 137 (2003)

Reflections on the Reach of Law (and Society) Post 9/11: An American Superhero?, LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW vol. 37: 263 (2003)

The Politics of Litigation by State Attorneys General: Introduction to Mini-Symposium, LAW & POLICY vol. 25: 425 (2003)

What Do Clients Want? What Do Lawyers Do?, EMORY LAW JOURNAL vol. 52: 1065-1086 (2003) (Ethics Symposium: What Do Client Want?)

The Future of Legal Professionalism in Practice, LEGAL ETHICS (with C. A. McEwen and R. J. Maiman) vol. 2(1): 71 (1999)

Herb Jacob's Legacy to Sociolegal Research, LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY vol. 23: 749 (1998)

Theorizing About Trial Courts: Lawyers, Policymaking, and Tobacco Litigation, LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY  vol. 23: 897 (1998)

Introducing a Feminist Pioneer in Judicial Politics: Beverly Blair Cook, PS: POLITICAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS vol. 27: 76 (1994)

Lawyers, Mediation, and the Management of Divorce Practice, LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW vol. 28: 149 (1994)

Gender and Specialization in the Practice of Divorce Law, MAINE LAW REVIEW vol. 44: 39 (1992)

Dispute Processing and a Longitudinal Approach to Trial Courts, LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW vol. 24: 357  (1990)

The Mobilizing Potential of Class Actions, INDIANA LAW REVIEW vol. 57: 451 (1982)

Language, Audience, and the Transformation of Disputes, LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW vol. 15: 775 (1981)

Comments on the History of Plea Bargaining, LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW vol. 13: 281 (1979)

Some Determinants of the Method of Case Disposition: Decision Making by Public Defenders in Los Angeles, LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW  vol. 8: 187 (1974)

“Who’s the Fairest One of All?” The Construction of Ethical Hierarchy in the Legal Profession (with Leslie C. Levin), in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF LEGAL ETHICS (Tamara Butter, et al., eds., Edgar Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2025).

When and Why Do Lawyer Organizations Seek to Influence Law? (with Leslie C. Levin), in LAWYERS IN 21ST-CENTURY SOCIETIES, vol. 2 (Richard Abel, Hilary Sommerlad, Ole Hammerstev & Ulrike Schultz, eds., Bloombury Publishing, 2022).

Client Grievances and Lawyer Conduct: The Challenges of Divorce Practice (with C.A. McEwen), LAWYERS IN PRACTICE: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN CONTEXT (with L. Levin, eds.) (University of Chicago Press: 2012)

Scientists at the Bar: The Professional World of Patent Lawyers in Lawyers, LAWYERS IN PRACTICE: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN CONTEXT (with L. Levin, eds.) (University of Chicago Press: 2012)

Why Context Matters, LAWYERS IN PRACTICE: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN CONTEXT (with L. Levin, eds.) (University of Chicago Press: 2012)

How and Why Do Lawyers Misbehave? Lawyers, Discipline and Collegial Control, THE PARADOX OF PROFESSIONALISM: LAWYERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF JUSTICE (S. Cummings, ed.) (Cambridge University Press: 2011)

Bringing the Lawyers Back In, EXPLORING JUDICIAL POLITICS (Oxford University Press: 2009)

Lawyers and Solicitors Separated by A Common Legal System: Anti-Tobacco Litigation in the United States and Britain, FAULT LINES: TORT LAW AS CULTURAL PRACTICE (D. M. Engel & M. McCann, editors) (Stanford University Press: 2009)

Pro Bono, The Public Good, and The Legal Profession: An Introduction, PRIVATE LAWYERS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF PRO BONO IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION (with R. Granfield , eds.) (Oxford University Press: 2009)

Law & Society, THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LAW AND POLITICS (G. Caldeira, D. Keleman & K. Whittington, eds.) (Oxford University Press: 2008)

APSA Law & Courts Section, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LAW AND SOCIETY: AMERICAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES (2007)

Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LAW AND SOCIETY: AMERICAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES (2007)

Courts in American Popular Culture, THE JUDICIAL BRANCH (K.L. Hall and K.T. McGuire, ed.) (Oxford University Press: 2005)

Beverly Blair Cook: The Value of Eclecticism, THE PIONEERS OF JUDICIAL BEHAVIOR (Nancy Maveety, ed.) (University of Michigan Press: 2003)

Gender in Context: Women in Family Law, WOMEN IN THE WORLD'S LEGAL PROFESSIONS (U. Schultz and G. Shaw, ed.) (Hart Publishing: 2003)

Social Construction and Transformation of Disputes, INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (N. Smelser, P. Baltes, ed.) (Elsevier Science: 2001)

Cameras in Courtrooms, THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (K. Hall, ed.) (Oxford University Press: 1992)

Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (K. Hall, ed.) (Oxford University Press: 1992)

Policy Making in State Trial Courts, AMERICAN COURTS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT (J. Gates and C. Johnson, eds.) (Congressional Quarterly: 1991)

Prosecutors, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM (R. Janosik, ed.) (Charles Scribner's Sons: 1987)

Client Grievances and Lawyer Conduct: The Challenges of Divorce Practice (with C.A. McEwen), LAWYERS IN PRACTICE: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN CONTEXT (with L. Levin, eds.) (University of Chicago Press: 2012)