The virtue of low barriers to becoming a lawyer: promoting liberal and democratic values

Pearce, Russell G.; Nasseri, Sinna

doi:10.1080/09695958.2013.771125

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“…Significantly, there are no data to suggest that opening up the profession has resulted in a lower quality of legal services or in an increase in unethical or unprofessional activity (Zer-Gutman 2013). These findings from Israel support the argument made by Russ Pearce and Sinna Nassery (Pearce and Nassery 2012). As they persuasively argue, there is societal virtue to be found in lowering the barriers t h a t c u r r e n t l y i m p e d e e n t r y i n t o t h e l e g a l p r o f e s s i o n .…”

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Barriers to the Profession: Inaction in Ontario, Canada and its Consequences

Levin

Alkoby

2023

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<p>The province of Ontario, Canada, has not had a new law school in almost 40 years. Barriers limiting access to the profession have increased during this time due to a combination of factors discussed in thispaper.Diversity within the legal profession has not improved, leading to the perception of a profession dominated by “old white males” whose services are increasingly unaffordable. The paperargues that barriers should be removed and that access to the profession should be greatly increased. </p>

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“…Deregulating the profession, the authors argue, would make legal services more accessible and more affordable. $64 Billion of the $171 billion spent on lawyers every year in the US, they claim, is a premium produced by "market distortions"(Winston, Crandall and Maheshri 2011, see alsoGreen 2013, Pearce andNassery 2012)…”

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Barriers to the Profession: Inaction in Ontario, Canada and its Consequences

Levin

Alkoby

2023

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“…Regulated legal services should ensure that lawyers meet some pre-defined standards. Thus, the higher the requirements at the entry to the profession, the fewer complaints of lawyers' misconduct and better access to justice in general (Pearce & Nasseri, 2013). In addition, as noted by Pagliero (2013), regulation creates a positive externality that is associated with higher stability.…”

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Deregulation, quality and access—The case of legal professionals in Poland

Białowolski

Masior

2021

Soc Policy Adm

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This article provides a comprehensive assessment of changes in the quality of legal services in Poland. From 2005 to 2015, changes in the regulatory framework facilitated access to legal professions in Poland, providing a space for employment growth. Our analysis showed that an increase in the number of legal professionals following deregulation did not lead to a decline in the quality of legal services in any dimensions.However, it coincided with improved access to legal services.The results were based on a comprehensive survey conducted among consumers of legal services. The survey used the SERVQUAL approach previously adopted by the Legal Services Consumers Panel in England and Wales and focused principally on the process and outcome measures to capture the changes in quality of legal services. The mostly negative results pointing to no significant changes were confirmed by the secondary analysis based on a survey of judges, a group of professionals capable of objectively assessing the quality of lawyers' work. Their reports supported the claim of the lack of decline in legal service quality following the reduction in barriers to entry to legal professions.

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“…Pearce and Nasseri [5] argue that lawyers provide vital functions in a liberal democracy and thus the barriers to the entry to the profession should be set as low as reasonably possible. Broader access to legal services implies that individual rights can be better protected, and thus the rule of law can be better enforced.…”

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“…Legal professionals play an important role for sustainable development of the economy and their services provide vital functions in liberal democracy [5]. Substantial body of literature assumes that lawyers operate under the premise of public interest theory [6], which, if true, leads to lower transactional costs and higher efficiency of the whole judicial system.…”

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What Does It Take to Be a Good Lawyer? The Underpinnings of Success in a Rapidly Growing Legal Market

Białowolski

Węziak‐Białowolska²

2021

Sustainability

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The study identified the principal professional domains leading to success in legal professions. Based on a sample of 300 Polish attorneys, with the use of confirmatory factor analysis and 22 specific items, four principal domains of success were discerned—professional skills, marketing skills, reputation, and ethics. The evolution of these domains in Poland between 2005 and 2017 was examined, revealing that the importance of marketing skills significantly increased, while the remaining three domains lost importance over the study period. The results also indicated that legal professionals were more inclined to value professional skills, marketing skills, and ethics when their clients had an ability to measure the quality of legal service provided. The same domains transpired as important for lawyers, who attributed high importance to the role of the bar.

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The virtue of low barriers to becoming a lawyer: promoting liberal and democratic values

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Barriers to the Profession: Inaction in Ontario, Canada and its Consequences

Barriers to the Profession: Inaction in Ontario, Canada and its Consequences

Deregulation, quality and access—The case of legal professionals in Poland

What Does It Take to Be a Good Lawyer? The Underpinnings of Success in a Rapidly Growing Legal Market

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