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How to Solve Unmet Legal Needs and Restore Public Trust – A Justice Blueprint

Colin S. Levy

Litigation. Another component of the blueprint involves reform through litigation challenging restrictions on who is authorized to provide legal services and how they may do so. Just as the American Bar Association amended Model Rule 1.1 Regulatory Reforms.

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Alcohol Abuse Among Lawyers

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Jason Ward, a retired litigation attorney, joined Litigation Radio host Dave Scriven-Young, a commercial and environmental litigator at Pecker & Abramson, to discuss the impact of alcohol abuse and discuss his journey last summer. Brian has been sober since 2007 and now documents his journey on his YouTube channel.

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In Its First Acquisition, Paladin Picks Up Pro Bono Net’s Pro Bono Manager, A Platform Used By Large Law Firms

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By contrast, Pro Bono Manager, first launched in 2007, is a product designed for large law firms to manage their pro bono work. LawHelp Interactive to help self-represented litigants obtain essential legal forms. Read more about Paladin on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. LawHelp.org, a network of statewide legal portals.

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Executive Director Erika Harold Joins Teaching Faculty for Harvard Law’s Winter Trial Advocacy Workshop

Legal Tech Monitor

She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2007, where she won a Boykin C. Prior to joining the Commission, Harold was a commercial and civil litigation attorney at Meyer Capel, P.C. in Champaign, Illinois, and a litigation attorney at the Chicago offices of Sidley Austin LLP and Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.

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The Law Library of Babel: Exploring the Infinite Dimensions of Law and Technology

Colin S. Levy

I could imagine what would come—what did come—with predictive analysis platforms like Lex Machina that could equip attorneys with data-driven insights extracted from historical legal records, facilitating informed decision-making throughout various stages of litigation. Oxford University Press, 2007. Duke University Press Books, 2007.

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New Director Named to Lead Illinois Commission on Professionalism, As Jayne Reardon Retires

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A commercial litigation attorney with the firm Meyer Capel P.C. At Harvard Law School, from which she graduated in 2007, she won a Boykin C. Champaign, Ill., Harold was a 2014 Republican primary candidate for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District and the 2018 Republican nominee for Illinois attorney general.

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Paralegal Regulation in Ontario, Canada: A Northern Experience

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Overview of Regulation Since 2007, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has regulated paralegals alongside lawyers. 3) By 2007, after many years of debate and discussion, the main impetus for regulation of nonlawyer legal service provision was consumer protection. Law Society Act, s. 27(1) and s.62(0.1)