The American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility and
Standing Committee on Professional Discipline &
Georgetown Center for the Study of the Legal Profession Present
The Future Is Here: Globalization and the Regulation of the Legal
Profession
Recent Global Legal Practice Developments Impacting State Supreme Courts’
Regulatory Authority Over the U.S. Legal Profession
May 26 – 27, 2009
Chicago, IL
CONFERENCE MATERIALS
Recommended Reading in Preparation for the Conference
I.
The United Kingdom Legal Services Act 2007, 2007 Chapter 29
A. Introduction to the Legal Services Act
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/LegalProfession/documents/LegalServicesA
ctSummary.doc
B. Part I--- The Regulatory Objectives
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2007/ukpga_20070029_en_2#pt1
C. Solicitors Regulatory Authority Legal Services Act FAQs (copyright © The Law
Society of England and Wales)
http://www.sra.org.uk/sra/legal-services-act/lsa-questions-faqs.page
D. Solicitors Regulatory Authority Glossary of Legal Services Act Terms (copyright
© The Law Society of England and Wales)
http://www.sra.org.uk/sra/legal-services-act/lsa-glossary.page
II.
Australian Developments—Incorporated Legal Practices and Publicly Traded Law
Firms
A. Excerpts from the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner Regarding
Incorporated Legal Practices (© State of New South Wales through the
Attorney General’s Department of NSW)
NSW Webpage Introduction to Incorporated Legal Practices
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/olsc/ll_olsc.nsf/pages/OLSC_ilp
Appropriate Management Systems
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/olsc/ll_olsc.nsf/pages/OLSC_ams
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Ten Areas to Be Addressed by Appropriate Management Systems
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/olsc/ll_olsc.nsf/pages/OLSC_tenobje
ctives
III.
Hypothetical Scenarios, Break-Out Group Questions to Be Presented at the
Conference, and Action Items
A. Context and Relevance: Understanding the Forces Behind These Developments
and How They Affect U.S. Clients and Lawyers—Hypothetical Scenarios
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/legalprofession/documents/May27-2009Panel-2-Hypothetical.doc
B. Breakout Questions for Discussion (Breakout Group Assignments Will Be
Provided On-Site)
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/legalprofession/documents/May27-2009BreakoutQuestions-Final.doc
Optional Reading in Preparation for the Conference
IV.
Conference Papers that Will Form the Basis for Panelists’ Presentations
A. Anthony E. Davis, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Regulation of the Legal Profession in
the United States and the Future of Global Law Practice: Why and How the
New Regulatory System Being Put in Place in London May Lead to Changes
in U.S. Lawyer Regulation and Why London May Replace New York as the
World Headquarters for Legal Services
B. Steven Mark, Legal Services Commissioner New South Wales, The Future is
Here: Globalisation and the Regulation of the Legal Profession, Views From
an Australian Regulator
C. Larry E. Ribstein, University of Illinois, Regulating the Evolving Law Firm,
April 13, 2009 Document
D. Theodore J. Schneyer,
THOUGHTS ON THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THE U.K.....
E. Papers from “The Future of the Global Law Firm,” April 17 – 18, 2008,
Georgetown Center for the Study of the Legal Profession
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/LegalProfession/GlobalLawFirm.html
Post-Conference Resources
V.
Additional Information About Developments in the United Kingdom
A. The Law Society of England and Wales, Briefing on the Legal Services Act
2007(copyright © The Law Society of England and Wales, reprinted with
permission)
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Coming Soon
B. Solicitors Regulation Authority, Preparing for Alternative Business StructuresEnsuring that Clients Are Protected (copyright © The Law Society of
England and Wales)
http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct/guidance/1883.article
C. An Independent Review of the Regulation of Law Firms by the Rt. Hon. Lord
Hunt of Wirral, MBE—Call for Evidence (copyright © The Law Society of
England and Wales)
http://www.legalregulationreview.com/files/Call%20for%20Evidence.pdf
D. Review of the Regulation of Corporate Legal Work, Report of Nick Smedley,
March 31, 2009 (copyright © The Law Society of England and Wales)
http://www.legalregulationreview.org.uk/corporatereview.html
E. The Response of the Law Society of England and Wales to the Legal Regulation
Review—Call for Evidence, April 2000 (copyright © The Law Society of
England and Wales)
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/influencinglaw/policyinresponse/view=article.l
aw?DOCUMENTID=419368
F. Statistics Regarding Applications for Use of the Limited Disciplinary Practice
Rules in the Legal Services Act
Coming Soon
VI.
Additional Information Regarding Australia’s Incorporated Legal Practices
Approach to Regulation
A. Self Assessment Form, New South Wales, Australia (link to Form is at bottom of
this web page) (© State of New South Wales through the Attorney General’s
Department of NSW)
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/olsc/ll_olsc.nsf/pages/OLSC_ilp
B. Office of the Legal Services Commissioner Speeches and Papers, including the
September 2008 OLSC Research Report on the Impact of Management
Based Regulation on Incorporated Legal Practices in New South Wales (©
State of New South Wales through the Attorney General’s Department of
NSW)
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/olsc/ll_olsc.nsf/pages/OLSC_speeches
C. Excerpts from the Office of the Legal Services Commission, Queensland,
Australia, Regarding Incorporated Legal and Multidisciplinary Practices
and Self-Assessment (© The State of Queensland Legal Services
Commission, 2009)
http://www.lsc.qld.gov.au/24.htm
D. Laurel S. Terry, Using ABA Model Rule 5.1 More Proactively With a Nod
Towards Australia’s Current Practices, August 2008
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/l/s/lst3/presentations%20for%20webpa
ge/nobc%20a%20modest%20proposal.pdf
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VII. Statistical Information
A. 2008 Data on State Exports
http://tse.export.gov/MapFrameset.aspx?MapPage=SEDMapStateDisplay.as
px&UniqueURL=irbonbefysgelqfhna2kyg55-2008-4-7-18-3-47
B. 2008 State Specific List of Location of Fortune 500 Companies
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/states/TX.html
C. United States Census Data Regarding Foreign Born Residents with State Specific
Listings
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-34.pdf
http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/about.cfm
http://migrationinformation.org/datahub/acscensus.cfm
D. William D. Henderson, Arthur S. Alderson, Changing Economic Geography of
Large U.S. Law Firms, May 16, 2008
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1134223
E. Quick Guide to Adoption of ABA Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice
Recommendations 8 & 9
http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mjp/8_and_9_status_chart.pdf
F. Link to the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Multijurisdictional
Practice Implementation Homepage
http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mjp/home.html
G. Link to the ABA Commission on Multidsicplinary Practice Homepage
http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mdp/home.html
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