Legal clinics lower fees 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. Many clinics have prospered by focusing on common prob- Jems»such as divorces, wills, personal bankruptcy, and*preparation of Legal clinics primarily attract middle-class and working-class clients. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1132

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Supreme Court rulings on lawyer advertising enabled mass-market legal clinics that undercut solo practitioners — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 703; Legal clinics cut costs through scale, paralegals, and standardized forms — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 735; Legal clinics may have only redistributed existing legal business rather than expand access — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 736