{"id":4619,"date":"2003-12-07T10:59:15","date_gmt":"2003-12-07T14:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2003\/12\/07\/aba-journal-takes-note-of-uk-"},"modified":"2011-08-05T15:00:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T19:00:36","slug":"aba-journal-takes-note-of-uk-bar-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/12\/07\/aba-journal-takes-note-of-uk-bar-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"ABA Journal Takes Note of UK Bar Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning, elawyerBlog<\/A>‘s<\/FONT> Jerry Lawson highlights an article in the current ABA Journal<\/A><\/EM> on the “revolution” that is turning the world upside down in the legal profession of the United Kingdom.  (Revolution Overseas: The British Legal Profession Faces Regulatory Upheaval<\/EM>, by Terry Carter, ABA Journal, Dec. 2003). <\/FONT> Jerry focuses on the likely changes in providing legal services in Britain, where supermarkets, banks and insurance companies are expected to enter the field, and high-tech delivery systems will help fuel the changes.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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We covered the UK reforms in postings made in July<\/A>,<\/FONT> August<\/A> (comparing several differences between the UK and US),<\/FONT> and September<\/A>, <\/FONT>emphasizing changes in the UK discipline system and access issues for legal consumers.  We have also reported on reforms afoot in Australia<\/A>.  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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In July we lamented:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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   A legal reformer could get envious seeing that there’s a nation where these issues are taken seriously by the Government and<\/I> the regulatory scheme can be addessed on a nationwide basis, rather than fiefdom by fiefdom. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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And, in August ethical<\/EM>Esq? sighed and said:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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We’ve wondered before, and have to ask again:  When will those with the power to affect change (e.g.<\/EM>, judges, bar leaders, politicians) champion such reforms for the American system, on behalf of the American consumer of legal services?<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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