Word: legalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even with a more clear-cut ethics code, it will be no easy task to root out a number of legal practices that inflate clients' bills, slow down the due administration of justice and provoke public hostility. "Lawyers love to play games," says Dallas Attorney G. William Baab. The games are invariably good for the lawyer, occasionally good for his client and rarely good for society. Among them...
...increasingly familiar story in regulation-happy Washington ?a hungry group of lawyers may quickly file a lawsuit on behalf of a class of aggrieved people. Hastily preparing their case (sometimes by simply copying the Government's complaint), they settle as soon as they can justify a large legal fee, regardless of whether all the injured members of the class have been adequately compensated...
...Increased use of inexpensive paralegals?lay assistants with some legal training, under the supervision of attorneys?to handle matters like divorces, wills and title searches...
DIVORCE. The days when an attorney could charge $400 to $1,000 for an uncontested marital split, where the major work was less than an hour's typing by a secretary, is gradually ending with the advent of advertising, legal clinics and do-it-yourself divorces. But plenty of opportunity for abuse remains. In major cities especially, matrimonial "bombers" so vigorously represent their clients' interests that once friendly marriage partners become bitter enemies fighting a protracted court battle. The fee is suitably high...
...these developments promise only cosmetic change. More thoughtful reformers suggest that fundamental changes are necessary to keep the legal system from being finally overwhelmed by the growing tide of suits. Such ideas necessarily involve a de-emphasis of the venerable adversary system and a reduction in the influence of lawyers. Among alternative methods proposed for resolving disputes...