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76 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol'y 1 (2025)

handle is hein.journals/wajlp76 and id is 1 raw text is: NEW FRONTIERS IN ATTORNEY REGULATION: INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME I OF II Peter A. Joy* Challenges facing the legal profession and attorney regulation are evolving at a rapid pace. There are increasing demands on legal services to adapt to new technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), and to provide greater access to legal services for low- and middle- income individuals and families. At the same time, the bar exam is being re- constructed, and questions are being raised about various aspects of attorney regulation. This Symposium, New Frontiers in Attorney Regulation, is a two-volume exploration of these and other challenges facing the legal profession and legal education. This first Volume focuses on four key topics: certifying and regulating new legal services providers, rethinking mandatory state bars, addressing perceived racial and ethnic disparities in attorney discipline, and evaluating the content and focus of the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE). Volume II will address additional issues, including: the role of GenAI in delivering legal services to low- and middle-income persons,' Al and the regulation of the unauthorized practice of law,2 and the duty of efficiency and GenAI pedagogy.3 Additionally, Volume II will address the NextGen Bar Exam,4 attorney competence and public * Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Joy thanks all of the authors and all of the editors of the Washington University Journal of Law & Policy for making this two-volume Symposium possible. 1. See Barbara Glesner Fines, AL, UPL, & A2J - Generative Al's Disruptions in the Delivery of Legal Services to Low-Income Individuals, 77 WASH. U. J.L. & POL'Y (forthcoming 2025). 2. See Carol A. Needham, Regulation of the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools in the Delivery of Legal Services: Verification and Accountability, 77 WASH. U. J.L. & POL'Y (forthcoming 2025). 3. See Megan E. Boyd & Brian L. Frye, The Duty of Efficiency & Generative AI Pedagogy, 77 WASH. U. J.L. & POL'Y (forthcoming 2025). 4. See Marsha Griggs, Bar Examination: A Verb, Not a Noun, 77 WASH. U. J.L. & POL'Y (forthcoming 2025); Shannon Heery & Emily Hughes, Attorney Competence and Public Confidence: Evolving Standards/for Law Schools and Licenses, 77 WASH. U. J.L. & POL'Y (forthcoming 2025).