A flood of clients challenging attorney billing rates is prompting the Connecticut Bar Association’s new president, Ndidi Moses, to plan a major undertaking: focus groups to go across the state and look into issues, including the cost of legal services, pro se representation and the low bar examination pass rate.
“Corporations and individuals are finding ways around hiring lawyers,” Moses said. “They are either going pro se, or are using alternative legal services as there are organizations and companies that provide legal services but are not law firms.”