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By Crispin Passmore & Zack DeMeola • 17 Feb, 2021 • This blog first appeared [paywall] in Law360 on February 16, 2020 Let's leave the alarmism throughout Austin Bersinger and Nicola Rossi's recent Law360 guest article, " UK Is Proof Non-lawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession, " behind and, instead, look to decades of facts, research and experience when discussing regulatory reform. Let us start with the basics.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, our civil justice system was facing a crisis in access to legal services. In 2018 alone, less than half of all U.S. households that had legal issues sought relief in court. And those who did go to court largely did so on their own. On average, 76% of cases in state court have at least one party that is self-represented.
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