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Licensing Lawyers In The Modern Economy, Trippe S. Fried Sep 2008

Licensing Lawyers In The Modern Economy, Trippe S. Fried

Campbell Law Review

This article explores a key question for the future of the legal profession: does a paradigm in which each individual state has exclusive control over the practice of law within its borders work in the marketplace of Friedman's "flat world"? Or in today's global economy does state micromanagement of the legal profession so inure to the detriment of lawyers and clients that some form of national licensing is necessary?


Working Around The Withdrawal Agreement: Statutory Evidentiary Safeguards Negate The Need For A Withdrawal Agreement In Collaborative Law Proceedings, Jennifer M. Kuhn Jan 2008

Working Around The Withdrawal Agreement: Statutory Evidentiary Safeguards Negate The Need For A Withdrawal Agreement In Collaborative Law Proceedings, Jennifer M. Kuhn

Campbell Law Review

This Comment will proceed by: (I) comparing state collaborative law statutes; (II) evaluating the current ethical climate surrounding withdrawal agreements in collaborative law; (III) considering the purpose of the withdrawal agreement and how evidentiary safeguards can provide the same incentives; and finally, concluding that statutory evidentiary safeguards eliminate the need for a mandatory withdrawal agreement in the collaborative law setting.