Lawyers expect significant and even dramatic changes in the legal profession in the next decade.
Traditionally, in the United States, we have not distinguished barristers from solicitors as is common in many other legal systems. Law firms also have tended to be local even though many other professional firms have been global in scope for many years. Other professional firms have included many lawyers in their ranks. Indeed, accounting firms are major employers of graduates from both our J.D. and LL.M. programs. The professional ethics of other professions have not precluded them from offering legal services.