Legal clinics cut costs through scale, paralegals, and standardized forms

Evidence

In part, legal clinics can charge lower rates because of economies of scale. Although they frequently locate branch offices in neighborhoods or malls for the convenience of their clients, legal clinics are among the largest law firms in the United States. Even more important, these clinics cut personnel costs by relying on paralegals, rather than lawyers, for routine tasks and by employing standard forms for common legal procedures. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 735

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Large corporations shifted legal work in-house to cut costs, halving expenses in some cases — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 705; Legal clinics lower fees through scale, paralegals, and standardized forms. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1132; Legal clinics may have only redistributed existing legal business rather than expand access — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 736

Broader Connections

• Legal clinics lower fees through scale, paralegals, and standardized forms. #corroborates (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1132
• Legal clinics may have only redistributed existing legal business rather than expand access #qualifies (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 736