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Bar in Brief > Navigate Law Group: A Model for Serving Community

WA Bar News

The 2022 Justice Gap Report published by the Legal Services Corporation reports that “low-income Americans did not receive any or enough legal help for 92% of their civil legal problems.” 3 And it’s not just low-income families that go without legal services. Billions of dollars have been invested.

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Is Texas Breaking Up with the ABA?

Practice of Law

The Supreme Court of Texas announced in April that it was seeking public comment on whether to end its longstanding requirement that aspiring lawyers graduate from an American Bar Association-accredited law school to be eligible for admission to the Texas bar. Instead, he penned his own submission to the Texas Supreme Court.

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Wisconsin State Bar Settles Suit by Scraping DEI Program

Practice of Law

This case was all the more significant following the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. That case struck down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and other universities, and Suhr argued that affirmative action for student internships is just as unconstitutional as affirmative action for student admissions.

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Why Regulatory Reform Is Desperately Needed in the U.S.

Attorney at Work

According to the Clio Legal Trends Report and other surveys reporting on law, solo and small firm lawyers face a challenging environment: The cost of traditional legal services is going up. Access to legal services is going down. Alternative admission to the bar. The growth rate of law firms is flat.

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New Pathways to Lawyer Licensure: Part II

WA Bar News

Are we “dumbing down” lawyer admissions in Washington so everyone gets in? A Proposal for the Future of WA State Bar Admissions Updated Following Public Comment February 28, 2024 (footnotes omitted), available at [link]. In Indiana, Admission and Discipline Rule 2.1 Who is building the new pathways? Why was it recommended?

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Paralegal vs Lawyer: Who, What, How?

CaseFox

Whereas lawyers are professionals that have a license to provide legal services and advice to clients. Paralegals usually provide support to the lawyers in terms of legal research, document preparation, case file organization, etc. They can also start their own legal practice if they wish to.

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On Board > A Summary of the July 2024 Board Meeting

WA Bar News

If approved, Washington would follow only Utah and Arizona in executing a plan to determine how the delivery of legal services by entities, rather than individuals, can be regulated in a manner that protects consumers and promotes broader access to legal services.