The Law Tribune’s Editorial Board has now written two editorials suggesting that Connecticut switch to a unified bar. That’s a really bad idea.
I started studying this issue when I was Connecticut’s chief disciplinary counsel because I wondered if there might be a better way to organize, regulate and administer the legal profession. In unified bar states, which are slightly more than half nationally, and exactly half of the New England states, membership in the “bar” is mandatory. The bar takes care of admission, regulation and discipline. Bar dues pay the cost.
