Bloomberg Law
Feb. 5, 2016, 1:10 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Opening Profession to Non-Lawyers Faces Resistance at ABA Meeting

Elizabeth Olson
Elizabeth Olson
Special Correspondent

• A proposed resolution at the American Bar Association mid-year meeting in San Diego that would open the door to non-lawyers providing simple legal services faces stiff resistance from several bar groups. (American Lawyer)

• Dechert’s partner profits rose 8.5 percent, powered by double digit increases in the firm’s litigation practices, according to new data. (Legal Intelligencer)

• A handful of former attorneys are working or training to work as psychotherapists to lawyers struggling with the day-to-day stress and “brutal competition” of the business. (Financial Times)

• A team of BakerHostetler attorneys appear prominently in an investigative ...

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