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49 J.L. & Educ. 487 (2020)
Expanding the Legal Services Ecosystem: An Educational Model to Improve Access to Immigration Justice through Legal Paraprofessionals

handle is hein.journals/jle49 and id is 468 raw text is: Expanding the Legal Services Ecosystem: An Educational Model to Improve Access to Immigration Justice through Legal Paraprofessionals MICHELE R. PISTONE* I. INTRODUCTION Disruptive innovation theory offers a lens through which to evaluate ongoing changes in the legal services sector. Law schools and legal educators can benefit in the coming years if they seek: (1) to understand the theory of disruptive innovation and how disruption is impacting law schools and the larger market for legal services; and (2) to reimagine these disruptive forces not as threats but as opportunities to renew the promise and energy of the legal services sector. By starting to think about these innovations now, law schools that foresee disruptive innovation and its potential impact on legal education and the practice of law will be best positioned to proactively respond in a way that expands their mission and invigorates their teaching. Using disruptive innovation theory as a guidepost, this Article analyzes what is happening in the market for legal services and legal education. Disruption theory is also used to try to anticipate future developments in the market for legal education. Guided by this theory, this Article discusses a new model of education about the law implemented in anticipation of inevitable changes in the market for legal education. The new online educational program is being modeled in the field of immigration law to train more students about immigration law * Thanks to faculty colleagues at several schools who provided feedback on this piece, including the faculties at University of Toronto, Seton Hall School of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, and my colleagues at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. I also thank my research assistants, Christopher Mdeway, Meline Derderian, and Sara Baranik de Alarcon. 487

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