How Licensure-Focused Research Fits into Broader Access-to-Justice Discussions
Concerns about access to justice are not new. For decades, courts, regulators, bar organizations, and scholars have documented that individuals and small businesses struggle to obtain legal help for everyday problems.1 These concerns persist despite substantial growth in the lawyer population and sustained efforts to expand legal aid, pro bono services, and court-based assistance.2 Against this backdrop, debates about access to justice have repeatedly returned to a familiar question: Are there enough lawyers?
This focus on lawyer supply is understandable. Licensure is one of ...
Signaling the Standards of the Profession: How Bar Admissions Communications Offer Opportunities to Shape Compliance and Professional Formation
By Ellen EmbertsonBar admissions authorities function at the intersection of judicial authority, regulatory enforcement, and professional self-governance, translating documented standards into determinations of individual readiness ...
How Licensure-Focused Research Fits into Broader Access-to-Justice Discussions
Concerns about access to justice are not new. For decades, courts, regulators, bar organizations, and scholars have documented that individuals and small businesses struggle to obtain legal help for everyday problems.1 These concerns persist despite substantial growth in the lawyer population and sustained efforts to expand legal aid, pro bono services, and court-based assistance.Read More
Summer 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 2)
In this Issue
- How Licensure-Focused Research Fits into Broader Access-to-Justice Discussions
- Signaling the Standards of the Profession: How Bar Admissions Communications Offer Opportunities to Shape Compliance and Professional Formation
- Letter From The Chair
- President’s Page
- Facts & Figures
- The Testing Column: Excerpts From The NextGen Uniform Bar Examination: A Comprehensive Report on Design, Development, and Delivery
- The NextGen UBE: Ready to Launch
- FAQs About Bar Admissions: Answering Questions About: The Transition to the NextGen UBE
- News & Events
- In Memoriam: Anthony R. Simon
