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Atticus Finch Looks At Fifty, Michael L. Boyer Apr 2012

Atticus Finch Looks At Fifty, Michael L. Boyer

Michael L. Boyer

At the 50th anniversary of To Kill A Mockingbird (the book and film), this piece explores the textual evidence related to Atticus Finch as a public interest lawyer as concerned with class and economic equality as racial justice. This interpretive strand has received less attention yet remains one of the most useful for post financial collapse legal professionals.


Rethinking Regulation And Innovation In The U.S. Legal Services Market, Ray W. Campbell Mar 2012

Rethinking Regulation And Innovation In The U.S. Legal Services Market, Ray W. Campbell

Ray W Campbell

For decades, academics have argued that the US system for regulating the practice of law inhibits innovation. Despite that academic consensus, we live in an age of unparalleled innovation in the way legal services are provided to clients in the United States. What gives? How can we live in a regulatory environment that prevents innovation, and have such an abundance of it? Where is this innovation coming from, and from whence might more innovation come? The answers are neither simple nor obvious. Understanding this changing landscape requires a close look both at how innovations take root and at the US …


Rethinking Regulation And Innovation In The U.S. Legal Services Market, Ray W. Campbell Mar 2012

Rethinking Regulation And Innovation In The U.S. Legal Services Market, Ray W. Campbell

Ray W Campbell

For decades, academics have argued that the US system for regulating the practice of law inhibits innovation. Despite that academic consensus, we live in an age of unparalleled innovation in the way legal services are provided to clients in the United States. What gives? How can we live in a regulatory environment that prevents innovation, and have such an abundance of it? Where is this innovation coming from, and from whence might more innovation come? The answers are neither simple nor obvious. Understanding this changing landscape requires a close look both at how innovations take root and at the US …