Futures Commission

The Futures Commission of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) was charged with looking ahead at a number of challenges surrounding the delivery of legal services in Ohio amid a time of great social, economic and cultural change, and to offer recommendations for how best to meet those challenges. The Commission considered the unprecedented burdens faced by new lawyers; the need for acquisition of knowledge and the skills necessary to develop and carry on a successful practice; the lack of regulation for new legal service delivery options; and the widening access to justice gap. The document below features proposals for long-term solutions and first action steps.