Ralph Baxter

Inspiring Global Change in Law

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

Most Americans don't have access to legal service.State bar rules are one of the reasons for this crisis.I recently wrote an essay in the Yale Law Journal to encourage state bars to thoughtfully reform their rules. https://t.co/KHJ1RKnUNP

[Senator Joe Manchin @Sen_JoeManchin]

We MUST stop importing Russian energy & unleash our abundant natural resources to secure our energy independence, protect our allies, and put an end to Putin's brutal war. #BanRussianImports #StandWithUkraine

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

Here's what the debate over re-regulation of legal service looks like. Compare the Op-ed @z_demeola and I just wrote and the one to which it responds. Reform will enable legal service for everyone. The opposition seeks to prevent new competition. https://t.co/I8TOcOv3wM

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

"We can do better" in legal service, the theme of a wide-ranging conversation I had with Lavinia Calvert & Deborah Farone in their podcast aired yesterday. Better service, better careers, better contribution to commerce and society. Take a listen. https://t.co/dWI4uUcdgz

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@SenCapito Rather than continue to complain about everything the Democrats do, your constituents would prefer hearing about how you are working to achieve solutions. Someone with your experience should be able to help increase bipartisan collaboration. Please do.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@BridgetMaryMc @jeicks This a very constructive, creative, and inspiring vision. And it derives from judicial experience. I wholeheartedly support it.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@maryshenocarro1 @cloc_org Two great new additions to the CLOC board at a critical time in the evolution of legal service.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@SenCapito I appreciate the statement, but strongly disagree. As you say, President Trump's conduct was disgraceful; it was the most remarkable dereliction of duty by a US president in history. The constitution authorized the Senate to impeach. I believe you should have voted guilty.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@AndrewArruda A wonderful clip. We all would benefit from envisioning a better future at this moment, based on what we now know is possible, and then working to make it a reality.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@margarethagan @LegalDesignLab @leagueofcities This is a great program to prevent avoidable evictions. It also illustrates why preventive law should become an available service fir all Americans.

[Margaret Hagan @margarethagan]

Our @LegalDesignLab partnered with @leagueofcities & 5 cities to work on #Eviction Prevention. Read all about our 2020 cohort work https://t.co/GqGfxt3cjU -- on doing cross-city #accesstojustice innovation to help renters at risk.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

Our final episode on @LegalTalkNet examines how 2020 will change the future of legal service and the great guests and discussions we had together last year. @DBRodriguez5 @DanLinna and I will podcast in 2021 from a new home. Stay tuned for an announcement. https://t.co/Ec5zbzRvR8

[Eddie Hartman @EddieRHartman]

A moving piece on Prof Deborah Rhode, who passed away Jan 9th. To call her death "untimely" understates the sudden shock many of are feeling, with tennis games unplayed, articles left in draft, a movement - in part hers - underway but unfulfilled. https://t.co/3YTYPHbOx6

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

We have lost a true leader with the passing of Deborah Rhode. She helped us all understand the role of law in the world, and our duty to help it do more and better. She leaves a great legacy in her writings, her students, and her inspiration for the pursuit of justice.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@Sen_JoeManchin This is exactly the right approach. And it represents the kind of leadership America needs.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

Successful operation during the pandemic will become a gateway for progress for the most thoughtful law firms. As 2021 began @bobambrogi and I discussed how law firms can achieve a competitive advantage by drawing on lessons learned in 2020. https://t.co/0kXClmzxrt

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@CarrNext @lawheroez The benefit conferred to the client is the foundation of the assessment of value of legal service.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@Sen_JoeManchin Thank you for your leadership, Joe.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

@smuckwell @ZachAbramowitz Law firms need to modernize their resource models to enable optimal client service. Relationships with third parties who can do some elements of the service more cost effectively or better in some other way is a sensible element of a modern resource model.

[Ralph Baxter @ralphbaxter]

Andrew makes really important points in this post. Our outmoded regulatory system actually denies the majority of our people the legal service they need. The opposite of its stated purpose.

[andrew arruda @andrewarruda]

"The pushback from the legal establishment on reviewing the regulation within law is little more than a combination of classism, bruised egos, thinly veiled racism, and a deep-seated fear of competition."

👉🏽My new @IAALS post on the need to reregulate law
https://t.co/t5eBrBAuWC