ABA Chief Looks to States on Access Reform Issues (2)

State bar efforts to reform law firm ownership rules could spur the American Bar Association to eventually do the same, ABA president Judy Perry Martinez told Bloomberg Law.

Proposed reforms to further open the legal system to nonlawyers and tech companies to increase access to justice are being considered by several western state bar groups.

At least one city has joined the discussion, as bar groups in Chicago announced Oct. 7 they’d form a task force to explore possible regulatory reforms to make legal services more affordable and accessible.

“There’s no greater intractable problem right now in the legal arena ...