By Dan Packel | September 1, 2020
From opening the door to legal advertising in 1977 to allowing nonlawyers an equity stake in law firms this year, Arizona is shaping the way for an evolution of legal services. Consumer law is lining up first ... but what's next?
By Victoria Hudgins | August 25, 2020
All eyes were on Utah when it allowed nonlawyers to perform more legal services and share fees with lawyers for the first time in the U.S. Now states will closely watch how Utah lawyers' revenue and consumer complaints fare in the new "sandbox."
By Meredith Hobbs | July 31, 2020
Atlanta trial lawyer C.K. Hoffler, the new president of the National Bar Association, is leading a fight against COVID-19, police brutality and voter suppression.
By Karen Sloan | July 28, 2020
The American Bar Association surveyed more than 1,000 new lawyers, and found that they owed an average $160,000 in student loans. That hefty debt is influencing their career paths and life decisions.
By Dan Packel | June 9, 2020
They say the Illinois bar violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it denied admission for a law-school graduate who is undergoing treatment. "They can't prove that they're worthy of a second chance unless we're willing to give them a second chance," Trisha Rich says.
By Cheryl Miller | May 14, 2020
"This is a significant step and I think it will lead to an exciting future," board chairman Alan Steinbrecher said.
The American Lawyer | Letter to the Editor
By Bret Parker | March 31, 2020
"While we await the opportunity to reopen our building to the hundreds of lawyers and members of the public who pass through its doors every day, we will continue to provide a sense of community and a host of resources in this time of isolation and distancing, as so many of our sister and brother bar associations are doing," says NYCBA executive director Bret Parker.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | March 6, 2020
Proposed revisions of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct would eliminate the ban on trade names, which is the target of an ongoing lawsuit against Texas and several other states.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Packel | Dylan Jackson | February 24, 2020
As regulators across the country take steps to reform the industry in the name of access to justice, Big Law is watching warily.
By Cheryl Miller | February 21, 2020
The American Bar Association this month adopted a resolution encouraging state bars to consider "innovative approaches" to expanding legal services.
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