TOTM Symposium on “Unlocking the Law: Deregulating the Legal Profession” on September 19th and 20th

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Josh Wright, TOTM Symposium on “Unlocking the Law: Deregulating the Legal Profession” on September 19th and 20th, Truth on the Market (September 15, 2011), https://truthonthemarket.com/2011/09/15/totm-symposium-on-unlocking-the-law-deregulating-the-legal-profession-on-september-19th-and-20th/

The next TOTM symposium “Unlocking the Law: Deregulating the Legal Profession” is right around the corner on Monday and Tuesday of next week.  We’ve got a wonderful group of participants confirmed, including:

  • Hans Bader
  • Benjamin Barton
  • James Cooper
  • Robert Crandall
  • Nuno Garoupa
  • Gillian Hadfield
  • Bill Henderson
  • Dan Katz
  • Bruce Kobayashi
  • George Leef
  • Jon Macey
  • Tom Morgan
  • Walter Olson
  • Richard Painter
  • Eric Rasmusen
  • Eric Talley

Several of the TOTM bloggers will also be participating both in the posts and comments.  Some questions the Symposium will consider are:

  • Should lawyer licensing be abolished?
  • What alternative regulatory approaches or structures should be considered?
  • What would a deregulated market for legal services look like?
  • Does lawyer regulation raise issues different from those of licensing and regulating other professions?
  • Does delegating to lawyers the power to restrict the right to practice law violate the antitrust laws?
  • What are the First Amendment implications of regulating what non-lawyers can say about the law?
  • To what extent can national or global competition alone break down barriers to law practice even without deregulation?
  • What are the implications of deregulation of the profession for law schools?

We hope to see you next week.