Abstract
In this paper, it will be analyzed how globalization affects the lawyers' culture and as a result has an impact on the society's legal culture. Discussion will focus mainly on the phenomenon of active capital flow around the world. The phenomenon of information flow will also be included, in the discussion relating to internal elements of lawyers' culture.
The paper begins with an analysis of the globalization of corporations and its impact on lawyers' culture, which is considered as having both internal and external aspects/elements. Globalization contributes to polarization of the profession, a change in the external aspects/elements of lawyers' culture. At the same time, due to such change and also directly due to globalization, there is weakening of the traditionally perceived elements of professionalism: independence/autonomy, commitment to public service, and having and utilizing learned knowledge and specialized skills in their work. In other words, there are changes in the internal aspects/elements of lawyers' culture. Examples are then given to demonstrate how changes in lawyers' culture contribute to changes in the society's legal culture.
