Certification from a national perspective.

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Certification from a national perspective.

Information about certification and specialization facilitates the consumer's access to legal services and thus better serves the administration of justice."

So proclaimed Justice Stevens in neatly summing up the mission of lawyer specialty certification in his opinion in Peel v. Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of Illinois, 496 U.S. 91 (1990). From the full-service country lawyer of Abraham Lincoln's day to the 21st century boutique firm lawyer, certification and specialization have become part of the legal landscape.

Where We've Been

The early American "country lawyer" needed to know about all areas of the law, because he never knew what problem would present itself next. In those days, economics and transportation made referrals difficult. With the growth of large citi...

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