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On Bar Associations: I reported earlier this week In his report released Friday, Henderson said the profession's restriction on outside investors has hindered the creation of new solutions needed by corporate clients while making the cost of personal legal services prohibitive to about 90 percent of the population. The legal profession is at an inflection point that requires action by regulators,” wrote Henderson, adding that “the ideal” would be to allow lawyers and other professionals to work as “co-equals” in legal service organizations. “Some U.S. jurisdiction needs to go first. Based on historical precedent, the most likely jurisdiction is California,” Henderson said. On Bar Associations II: wrote about his experience For a long time I have held out hope that the legal profession would step up and address the needs of the market: For both lawyers and clients. After this experience, I have come to the hard conclusion: That is not going to happen. As smart as lawyers are, their training and experience have made them a reactive and dogmatic group. In their minds, the way they have been doing it is the only way to keep doing it. Anything else is a threat to the profession and their practice specifically. On Client Choices: but this beer company will report that found In ways that may not have previously been possible or professionally acceptable, we may have hit an economic tipping point where it's more rational for high-performing lawyers to give up the trappings of the money centers and move to other cities or return back to where they were raised. And because clients can efficiently retain a Denver, Seattle or Minneapolis office for national work, the demand for those lawyers should continue to grow. The calculus has shifted. It's good for these law firms, and clients like us are reaping the benefits.