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| ix Acknowledgments This project was nurtured through the supervision and support of Kristin Luker, Lauren Edelman, and Jane Mauldon. Kristin’s encouragement, not to mention her monthly meetings over coffee and cookies early on in this project, allowed me to pursue this study even when I was unsure where it would lead. Her comments on drafts were invaluable. In the early stages of this research, a number of insightful, scholarly friends helped me make my way through the research and writing: Catherine Albiston, Beth Bernstein, Simon Halliday, Mark Harris, Anna Korteweg, Idit Kostiner, Laura Beth Nielsen, Jackie Orr, Amy Schalet, and Diana Selig. Others who offered helpful advice early in the course of this project include Ed Barnes, John Gilliom, Susan Silbey, and Frank Munger. For Pam Strayer’s assistance transcribing some of the interview tapes I will be ever grateful. I must thank Debbie Gershenowitz, my editor at NYU Press, for encouraging me to publish this study as a book. Sincere thanks to those who read manuscript drafts and offered comments: Mario Barnes, Jill Davies, Mark Gustafson, Alexandra Lahav, Frank Munger, and Lucie White. I also owe a debt of thanks to several research assistants: Sri Chalasani, Elizabeth Martinez , Anton Petrov, Tovah Ross, and Leslie Shanley. And I owe many thanks to the institutional support I received from the University of California at Berkeley and from the University of Connecticut School of Law. A Vice Chancellor for Research Grant provided recording and transcribing equipment . A Chancellor’s Dissertation Year Fellowship and Graduate Opportunity Program Dissertation Year Fellowship gave me time to invest in the research and writing. Research funding from the University of Connecticut Law School Foundation provided me time to think and write. Most of all, thanks to my daughter, Anneke, and to my parents, Solveig and Mark, who spent a lot of time as a threesome while I worked at the library or the dining room table. I’m grateful for your patience and support. This page intentionally left blank ...

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