New York State Bar Association is worried about the disappearing apple pie

In January of 2016, I wrote on this blog about the position taken by the president of the New York State Bar Association David Miranda - that disbundling, separating legal services from legal information is somehow improper and irresponsible to consumers of legal services.

David Miranda was actually concerned not about consumers, but about the dwindling market of paid legal services for the Association's members.

NYSBA now announced that on May 3, 2016, the New York State Bar Association holds a get-together to discuss the fate of the profession - and charges outsiders a fee of $150.00 to listen to what the speakers have to say about the future of the profession.

The get-together will also give the participants 2.0 credits for Continued Legal Education - so, you've discussed the future of your profession (and of your own livelihood) - you satisfied your CLE obligations designed to protect not you, but your clients.

Very traditional approach by the legal profession - do something for yourself and claim that it is for the benefit of the people at large.

Here are the details of the get-together.

Here is more information about the get-together:

You can see the change of stance taken by David Miranda between January of 2016:

and now:

In January of 2016 Miranda's focus was on the alleged impropriety of actions of "entrepreneurs" who act "under the guise" of giving "access to legal services" (which was not even true, because the "entrepreneurs" in question that David Miranda is so irate against are providing information about the law, not opinions to a certain client about how to resolve that client's particular case - and that's not legal services) provide information about the law to the public "without guidance" (without legal services):

In April of 2016 Miranda's focus is now on

As I said above - nothing like talking about your own disappearing profits while trying to present it as if you are fighting "to bridge the serious justice gap" - which you caused by your monopoly for legal services in the first place.

The good thing though - they are worried.

Change is coming.

Fast.