The High Highs and Low Lows of Legal Regulatory Reform

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Publish Date:
October 16, 2022
Publication Title:
Legal Evolution
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Op-Ed or Opinion Piece
Citation(s):
  • Lucy Ricca, The High Highs and Low Lows of Legal Regulatory Reform, Legal Evolution, October 16, 2022.
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Abstract

The year 2020, known to most for global pandemic shutdowns, also heralded leaps and bounds in legal regulatory reforms. Utah and Arizona approved extraordinary changes to the regulation of legal practice. Both states loosened the bans on nonlawyer ownership of legal practices and the practice of law by nonlawyers. Further, the Conference of Chief Justices issued a resolution urging states to consider regulatory innovations regarding the delivery of legal services, and the ABA approved a limited resolution encouraging consideration of regulatory innovation. Even Justice Neil Gorsuch weighed in with his support for regulatory innovation.