From the US, there is an article in the ABA Journal on Washington state’s move to use “legal technicians” to help solve the “justice gap”, and two response pieces (#1 and #2) in Above the Law.
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The No Asshole Rule & Legal Organization Design
At Open Law Lab, Margaret Hagan reflects on the “No Assholes Rule” and law.
Map of Design-Driven Innovation Team
At Open Law Lab, Margaret Hagan maps a design-driven innovation team.
Can We Use TV-Law-Love to Improve Real-Life Legal Services?
At Open Law Lab, Margaret Hagan asks if we can use TV-law-love to improve real-life legal services.
What a Law Society Should Be — A Response to the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Alternative Business Structures Discussion Paper
On SSRN, here is a response to the Law Society of Upper Canada’s ABS discussion paper, by Ken Chasse.
Wigging Out About Access to Justice
Canadian Lawyer has this piece on the launch of the second year of Flip Your Wig for Justice.
Legislative Intelligibility and the Rule of Law
On SLAW, JP Boyd offers some thoughts on legislative intelligibility and the rule of law.
Prairie Provinces Pondering Overhaul to Delivery of Legal Services
The Edmonton Journal features this piece by Brent Wittmeier, discussing possible changes to legal services delivery in the Prairies, and some comments from new U of A Law Dean Paul Paton.
B.C. Lawyers Hope to End Their Monopoly on Practicing Law
In the Vancouver Sun, Ian Mulgrew writes about the Law Society of British Columbia’s musings to open legal services to more competition.
Greedy, Nonsensical Practices Denying Public Access to Legal Representation
Writing in the Toronto Sun, Alan Shanoff describes an Ontario Court of Appeal case about egregious billing practices and the cost of legal services.
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