Lawyers are getting more visits from consumers who have attempted to solve legal issues pro se. The issue now costs them several times more to fix. One attendee observed that we have much less control of our future than we think. The courts and legislature respond to the citizenry. The CPAs and other professions are less confined by rules than the legal profession is.
Lawyers run into ethics roadblocks.
We are not competing on the same level playing field, unless they are under our rules. We can't solicit clients like financial planners. Our rules are too confining. One attendee commented that lawyers' biggest issue is technology. Bar really needs to look at this issue.