Ep 136: Reregulation of Legal Services: A Panel of Five Leading Experts Discuss

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There may be no more critical issue facing the legal profession than reregulation of legal services. Amid an escalating crisis in access to justice, proponents of regulatory reform argue that the only way to meaningfully address the crisis is to loosen restrictions on non-lawyers investing in and providing legal services. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So critical is the issue that</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">GPSolo</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the magazine of the American Bar Association’s Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, has</span> <a href= "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/gpsolo/publications/gp_solo/2021/july-august/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">devoted its most recent issue</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to the topic, assembling a roster of contributors who are among the nation’s leading experts on regulatory reform. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this special LawNext episode in conjunction with</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">GPSolo</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, five of those contributors come together to share and discuss their views on reregulation:</span></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://iaals.du.edu/profile/zachariah-demeola"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Zachariah DeMeola</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, director of legal education and the legal profession at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.</span></li> <li><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-gartner-a49a672b/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Joseph Gartner</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, director and counsel, ABA Center for Innovation.</span></li> <li><a href= "https://www.spsr-law.com/attorneys/judy-perry-martinez/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Judy Perry Martinez</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, past president of the ABA and former chair of the ABA’s Presidential Commission on the Future of Legal Services,