Comparative Analysis of Bar Associations and Law Societies in Select European Jurisdictions

Said, Agnes Cristiana; Harley, Georgia

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“…The legal profession has traditionally enjoyed considerable autonomy in setting its own professional and ethical codes. Lawyers are self-regulated by organizations known as bar associations or law societies established by legislation (Gorman 2014;Said and Harley 2017). Bar associations fulfil three functions: professional politics, knowledge exchange, and rule-setting (Quack 2005, 92).…”

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Are lawyer-lobbyists answerable to ‘a higher authority’? Bar association rules as lobbying regulation in the EU and the USA

Korkea‐aho

2022

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This legal comparative article analyzes the regulatory framework of lobbying services provided by law firms in the European Union and the USA. The comparison of regulation between the jurisdictions focuses on three aspects: (1) the definition of lobbying, (2) the legal advice exception, and (3) alignment with bar association rules. While the EU and the USA are largely aligned on the first two points, the differences emerge with respect to the third. The EU regulatory framework ignores lawyers’ professional obligations, which, together with the bar associations’ half-hearted embrace of lobbying rules, is found to be the main reason why law firms in the EU fly under the regulatory radar. With lawyers increasingly becoming involved in the lobbying and advocacy market, the EU and its Member States need to bring their rules on par with the US regulatory model that acknowledges bar association rules as lobbying regulation.

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Section: Law Firms In the Lobbying Marketmentioning

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Are lawyer-lobbyists answerable to ‘a higher authority’? Bar association rules as lobbying regulation in the EU and the USA

Korkea‐aho

2022

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Public provisions of professional services

Szczygielski

2020

J Public Economic Theory

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Professional services are credence goods provided by certified experts (professionals). The most prominent examples of professional services are medical or legal services. Interestingly, the markets for such services are often subject to partial public provision: there is a low‐end segment, where the services of basic quality are provided for free and professionals are reimbursed by the government, and a high‐end segment, where free‐market principles prevail. We examine the efficiency of this market structure. To this end we apply a modified version of the model of the market for goods with credence attributes proposed by Baron. We demonstrate that partial public provision can correct for the market failure caused by the credence good nature of professional services, even in the presence of regulation costs. The efficiency gain from partial public provision is due to a combination of quality and price effects.

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Comparative Analysis of Bar Associations and Law Societies in Select European Jurisdictions

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Are lawyer-lobbyists answerable to ‘a higher authority’? Bar association rules as lobbying regulation in the EU and the USA

Are lawyer-lobbyists answerable to ‘a higher authority’? Bar association rules as lobbying regulation in the EU and the USA

Public provisions of professional services

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