Prior to 1969 a mere fifteen legal organizations devoted themselves to serving the causes of civil rights, civil liberties, and the needs of poor people. By 1975 that number had jumped to more than eighty.This "explosion" of explicitly activist lawyering marked a significant change in the...

As lawyers today confront existential challenges to their profession, from globalization to technological change, demands to innovate abound. In a world of rapid change, individuals must have certain skills to succeed; they must be “changemakers.” A notion arising from the global movement of...

Lawyers play an outsized role in the distribution of public benefits in the United States. This article suggests that, in assisting clients to circumvent stringent eligibility requirements for programs such as Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) and Medicaid, attorneys have created...