If you follow the news about Professional Responsibility you know that for years there has been a lot of debate about whether it is a good idea to allow non-lawyers to provide certain legal services in order to provide more, better and, presumably, less expensive access to legal representation. Several states have created programs that provide such services and many others are discussing the possibility.
Last week, the ABA Journal published a couple of short articles related to the subject:
"Nonlawyer advocates can help tenants facing eviction in program approved in 2 states" discusses the programs in Utah and Arizona.
"How could alternative licensure alter lawyer labor supply? Law prof's research may have answers" discusses the research of Kyle Rozema, an associate professor at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, which concludes that if jurisdictions eliminate the bar exam as an entry to attorney licensure, the labor supply of lawyers would increase by 16%. You can read the study's findings here.
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