Are state bar licensing requirements just a barrier to entry that reduces the quantity and increases the cost of legal services? Do they also improve the quality of legal services and protect ...

It’s difficult, if not impossible, to describe the typical lawyer due to the diverse nature of the profession and the variety of tasks that lawyers perform. Indeed, one of the appealing aspects of ...

More than half the law schools responding to the ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence reported that they offer ...

Legal aid is not a handout to those who can’t afford representation, nor is it checking the pro bono box in pursuit of good-standing status or required continuing legal education credits. Rather, as ...

The law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) is facing blowback from the legal community after agreeing to provide $40 million in pro bono representation to the Trump ...

I am grateful to Eugene Volokh for inviting me to post a series of blogs based on my Brookings book with David Burk and Jia Yan, Trouble at the Bar: An Economics Perspective on the Legal Profession ...