02940nam 2200517 450 991079862630332120160803134623.01-4985-2981-X(CKB)3710000000884541(PQKBManifestationID)16497275(PQKBWorkID)15029319(PQKB)21405604(MiAaPQ)EBC4699963(EXLCZ)99371000000088454120161010h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDemocratizing legal services obstacles and opportunities /Laura SnyderLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (341 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4985-2979-8 1-4985-2980-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Alternative structures will undermine professionalism and ethics -- There is no way to regulate alternative structures -- The adoption of alternative structures will jeopardize self-regulation of the profession -- There is no demonstrated need, demand, or problem -- New delivery models can be developed without changing Rule 5.4 -- The payment of salary is adequate compensation for nonlawyers -- No one in their right mind would want to invest in a law firm -- Alternative structures will lead to a consolidated market controlled by large law firms -- Alternative structures cannot help those who canot pay for legal services -- Alternative structures will make things harder for un- and underemployed lawyers -- The burden of proof has not been met -- Opportunities for legal aid -- Opportunities for downstream markets and the economy as a whole -- Opportunities for lawyers -- Opportunities for in-house legal departments in the private and public sectors -- Opportunities for an improved regulatory approach -- Opportunities for failure -- Unacknowledged complexity -- Access to justice comes in all shapes and sizes, sometimes obvious and sometimes not -- Unmet need as human rights crisis -- Abdication of regulatory power -- International obligations and commitments -- Endless objections and calls for evidence and the lawyer monopoly on legal services (or, having your cake and eating it, too) -- Good governance requires....actual governance -- Letting the old lady scream.Legal servicesLegal assistance to the poorPractice of lawLawyersLegal services.Legal assistance to the poor.Practice of law.Lawyers.347Snyder Laura1532540MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798626303321Democratizing legal services3778722UNINA