Read the Illinois Bar Journal’s November cover story to learn how the Illinois State Bar Association took a leading role in securing the American Bar Association’s reaffirmation this August that nonlawyer ownership of law firms and fee sharing with nonlawyers are contrary to the core values of the legal profession.

The ABA’s House of Delegates adoption of Resolution 402 reaffirmed this policy for another decade but does not—and cannot—prohibit states from taking such steps. Indeed, the IBJ documents several states that are moving or have moved in this direction.

Read the November Illinois Bar Journal cover story, "The Nonlawyer Ownership Issue."