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Non-lawyer legal service providers have become an increasingly hot topic in recent years. With the potential to increase access to legal services for those in need and offer an alternative path to legal practice that mitigates the burden of law school, proponents continue to push for broader acceptance. A recent paper from the Brookings Institution suggests that non-lawyer legal services would benefit the economy, too.
Brookings Institution senior fellow Clifford Winston and Quentin Karpilow of Yale Law School argue that barriers to entry limit competition and raise prices, which will compound those inefficiencies by impeding operations, innovation, and technological advances in the long run. The theory is that opening the market to alternative legal services models would force the participants to be more responsive and be a catalyst for competition leading to innovation.
Read the complete article at Unbundling Legal Services Could Open the Door to Innovation