This past week, a rather vigorous Twitter debate over whether ethics regulators should characterize and regulate benign lawyer matching platforms as for-profit referral organizations was ultimately shut down with cries for “collaboration” and let’s all work together kumbaya-style to find a system that works for everyone and promotes access-to-justice besides. Leaving aside whether it’s realistic for the disparate stakeholders in the legal industry to cooperatively address hot-button issues like non-law firm ownership or continued self-regulation, collaboration as a starting point to resolving big questions regarding the future of law is a really bad idea. If you don’t believe me, then in the spirit of Independence Day, take a lesson from our Founding Fathers on what it takes to birth a new system that still survives 232 years later.
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