State Bar & Bar Associations,
Legal Education
Aug. 8, 2022
Sniping and name calling as State Bar presses on with alternative legal services plan
“Is there a reason this meeting is going forward with the substantive issues that seem to be on the agenda, when it appears this group will no longer be able to function?” asked Marta Alcumbrac of Robie & Matthai in Los Angeles.
The members of the California State Bar’s Closing the Justice Gap Working Group can’t agree on much — including whether the working group should even exist. In a few months, it might not.
Meanwhile, some members of the group continue to push forward proposals to open up alternate forms of legal services in California, despite ongoing opposition from attorneys and lawmakers. At a contentious meeting on Friday, members discussed a recent fede...
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