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25 Oct 2011, 10:18 pm by Walter Olson
Carolyn Elefant and Elie Mystal have somewhat different objections to Winston’s argument. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 8:24 pm
In addition to representing politicians under investigation, Lerman has represented large corporations like Oak Brook, Ill. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 8:07 am
A NYT op-ed by the Brookings Institution economist Clifford Winston, an economist and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. [read post]
14 Apr 2009, 2:13 am
Cheryl Brooke, 52, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and Winston Thomas, 43, New Carrollton, Maryland, pleaded guilty to their participation in a scheme in which they offered to help financially-vulnerable individuals save their homes from foreclosure, and instead defrauded homeowners and mortgage lenders. [read post]
3 Jan 2014, 10:14 am by VALL Blog Master
Vice President/President Elect Ben Almoite has been awarded a VALL grant to attend AALL's 2014 Leadership Academy in Oak Brook, Illinois, in April.Andrew Winston, University of Richmond Law School Library, will also be attending the Leadership Academy.Congratulations to both! [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 2:07 pm
Kirkland & Ellis, Curtis Mallet, Winston & Strawn, Bodman, and Brooks Kushman all have a part in the bankruptcy of the world's second-largest car seat maker. [read post]
22 Sep 2021, 10:20 am by Paul Caron
Wall Street Journal op-ed: Lower the Bar for Legal Eagles Who Don’t Go to Law School, by Clifford Winston (Brookings Institution; Co-Author, Trouble at the Bar: An Economics Perspective on the Legal Profession and the Case for Fundamental Reform (2021)): CNN anchor Poppy Harlow recently took a leave of absence... [read post]
18 Mar 2021, 2:00 am by Paul Caron
., by Clifford Winston (Brookings Institution; Co-author, Trouble at the Bar: An Economics Perspective on the Legal Profession and the Case for Fundamental Reform (2021)): The legal profession regulates itself—which explains... [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 6:28 pm by Bart Torvik
An op-ed in the New York Times by Clifford Winston of the Brookings Institution proposes doing away with the barriers to entry–namely, law school and the bar exam–to becoming a lawyer:What if the barriers to entry were simply done away with? [read post]
22 Aug 2011, 8:42 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Adler) In today’s WSJ, Clifford Winston and Robert Crandall of the Brookings Institution argue that now is the time for the legal profession to deregulate.The reality is that many more people could offer various forms of legal services today at far lower prices if the American Bar Association (ABA) did not artificially restrict the number of lawyers through its accreditation of law schools—most states require individuals to graduate from such a school to take their… [read post]
25 Apr 2021, 11:15 am by Eugene Volokh
I'm delighted to report that Clifford Winston, from the Brookings Institution, will be guest-blogging this week about Trouble at the Bar: An Economics Perspective on the Legal Profession and the Case for Fundamental Reform, which he cowrote with David Burk and Jia Yan. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 3:11 am by Paul Caron
Following up on my prior post on the new book, First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers (2011), by by Clifford Winston & Robert Crandall (both of the Brookings Institution): New York Times op-ed, Are Law Schools and Bar Exams Necessary? [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 4:21 am
Lewis, Earnest Lewis, Cheryl Lynn Brooke, Winston Thomas, and two companies, In the House Technologies based in Upper Marlboro and Cornerstone Title & Escrow based in Laurel were sued by Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 12:02 pm
Lewis, 56, Cheryl Brooke, 51, both of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Lewis‘ brother Earnest Lewis, 59, Takoma Park, Maryland and Winston Thomas, 42, New Carrollton, Maryland have been indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with a scheme in which they offered to help financially-vulnerable individuals save their homes from foreclosure, and instead defrauded homeowners and mortgage lenders. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 3:20 am by Editors
The problem isn’t too many lawyers, according to Clifford Winston and Robert Crandall of the Brookings Institution. [read post]
22 Aug 2011, 10:00 am by Paul Caron
Wall Street Journal op-ed, Time to Deregulate the Practice of Law, by Clifford Winston & Robert Crandall (both of Brookings Institution; co-authors, First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers (2011)): The job market is not looking bright for Americans of all walks of life, even Ivy League college... [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 10:40 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) Brookings Institution scholar Clifford Winston recently published a good column advocating the abolition of legal requirements mandating that all lawyers must graduate from law schools and pass bar exams:For decades the legal industry has operated as a monopoly, which has been made possible by its self-imposed rules and state licensing restrictions — namely, the requirements that lawyers must graduate from an American Bar Association-accredited law school… [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 2:40 pm by Kathryn Hughes
Coming today to TechnoFeature: Cats and dogs living together may sound like a bad idea, but Brookings Institution economist George Winston has come up with a doozy — the deregulation of lawyers. [read post]