Laura Snyder has been a lawyer, both in law firms and as in-house counsel, for over twenty years. She received her JD from the University of Illinois, a DEA from the University of Paris I, and a TRIUM Executive MBA.

Laura Snyder’s Modernizing Legal Services in Common Law Countries is a major step forward for legal services regulation scholarship. Snyder offers a sophisticated, comprehensive comparison of regulatory structures and reform in England & Wales, Australia, Canada, and the United States. The book draws on an enormous wealth of primary and secondary research. It also offers a compelling vision for fostering access to justice and professionalism through regulatory reform. This highly recommended book will prove a valuable resource for all scholars and practitioners of legal services regulation, as well as anyone who wants to improve the practice of law.

• 1 Good Regulation: What it Takes 2 The Regulation of Legal Services 3 A Great Big Mess 4 The Seismic Shift (with Survivors) 5 Aftershocks on their Way? 6 Assessment 7 It’s Easy to Forget Australia was First 8 In this Corner: Queensland et. al. 9 And in this Corner: New South Wales and Victoria10A Complex Regulatory Environment…where ILPs are just Part of the Landscape 11Assessment 12 Nova Scotia: The Road is Made by Walking 13 Manitoba (and the Other Prairie Provinces): An Intimate Connection 14 British Columbia: ABS? Who Said ABS? 15 Ontario: A False Start but on its Way 16 Canadian Bar Association: Creating the Future 17 The Continuing Path of Revolution 18 Assessment 19 There was a Time before Model Rule 5.4 20 Indestructible Model Rule 5.4 21 The Two Commissions: Different or the Same? 22 The Outliers: Washington DC, Colorado and Illinois 23 Effect of Model Rule 5.4 and the Current Regulatory Framework 24 Assessment 25 Final Assessment 26 How to Modernize a Regulatory Environment 27 Rules for a Flat World (or Regulatory Dystopia) Appendix The Modern (or Modernizing) Regulator: First-Hand Insight

Laura Snyder has been a lawyer, both in law firms and as in-house counsel, for over twenty years. She received her JD from the University of Illinois, a DEA from the University of Paris I, and a TRIUM Executive MBA.

Laura Snyder’s Modernizing Legal Services in Common Law Countries is a major step forward for legal services regulation scholarship. Snyder offers a sophisticated, comprehensive comparison of regulatory structures and reform in England & Wales, Australia, Canada, and the United States. The book draws on an enormous wealth of primary and secondary research. It also offers a compelling vision for fostering access to justice and professionalism through regulatory reform. This highly recommended book will prove a valuable resource for all scholars and practitioners of legal services regulation, as well as anyone who wants to improve the practice of law.

• 1 Good Regulation: What it Takes 2 The Regulation of Legal Services 3 A Great Big Mess 4 The Seismic Shift (with Survivors) 5 Aftershocks on their Way? 6 Assessment 7 It’s Easy to Forget Australia was First 8 In this Corner: Queensland et. al. 9 And in this Corner: New South Wales and Victoria10A Complex Regulatory Environment…where ILPs are just Part of the Landscape 11Assessment 12 Nova Scotia: The Road is Made by Walking 13 Manitoba (and the Other Prairie Provinces): An Intimate Connection 14 British Columbia: ABS? Who Said ABS? 15 Ontario: A False Start but on its Way 16 Canadian Bar Association: Creating the Future 17 The Continuing Path of Revolution 18 Assessment 19 There was a Time before Model Rule 5.4 20 Indestructible Model Rule 5.4 21 The Two Commissions: Different or the Same? 22 The Outliers: Washington DC, Colorado and Illinois 23 Effect of Model Rule 5.4 and the Current Regulatory Framework 24 Assessment 25 Final Assessment 26 How to Modernize a Regulatory Environment 27 Rules for a Flat World (or Regulatory Dystopia) Appendix The Modern (or Modernizing) Regulator: First-Hand Insight

Laura Snyder has been a lawyer, both in law firms and as in-house counsel, for over twenty years. She received her JD from the University of Illinois, a DEA from the University of Paris I, and a TRIUM Executive MBA.

Laura Snyder’s Modernizing Legal Services in Common Law Countries is a major step forward for legal services regulation scholarship. Snyder offers a sophisticated, comprehensive comparison of regulatory structures and reform in England & Wales, Australia, Canada, and the United States. The book draws on an enormous wealth of primary and secondary research. It also offers a compelling vision for fostering access to justice and professionalism through regulatory reform. This highly recommended book will prove a valuable resource for all scholars and practitioners of legal services regulation, as well as anyone who wants to improve the practice of law.

• 1 Good Regulation: What it Takes 2 The Regulation of Legal Services 3 A Great Big Mess 4 The Seismic Shift (with Survivors) 5 Aftershocks on their Way? 6 Assessment 7 It’s Easy to Forget Australia was First 8 In this Corner: Queensland et. al. 9 And in this Corner: New South Wales and Victoria10A Complex Regulatory Environment…where ILPs are just Part of the Landscape 11Assessment 12 Nova Scotia: The Road is Made by Walking 13 Manitoba (and the Other Prairie Provinces): An Intimate Connection 14 British Columbia: ABS? Who Said ABS? 15 Ontario: A False Start but on its Way 16 Canadian Bar Association: Creating the Future 17 The Continuing Path of Revolution 18 Assessment 19 There was a Time before Model Rule 5.4 20 Indestructible Model Rule 5.4 21 The Two Commissions: Different or the Same? 22 The Outliers: Washington DC, Colorado and Illinois 23 Effect of Model Rule 5.4 and the Current Regulatory Framework 24 Assessment 25 Final Assessment 26 How to Modernize a Regulatory Environment 27 Rules for a Flat World (or Regulatory Dystopia) Appendix The Modern (or Modernizing) Regulator: First-Hand Insight