Performance Evaluation, Education, and Testing: Alternatives to Punishment in Professional Regulation

Authors

Kenneth J. Kavanaugh

Abstract

This article outlines the existing concept of self-regulation and focuses on the deficiencies and inadequacies of that concept. The author proposes that to be effective, self-regulation must encompass more than the traditional disciplinary functions of bar association grievance committees. Specific proposals include: mandatory recertification of attorneys; requiring continued professional education for specialties and for areas in which an individual lawyer has demonstrated weakness; creating administrative machinery to monitor the entire spectrum of professional regulation; assigning quality ratings to individual attorneys; and implementing an aggressive public information program to solicit the public's opinion and to publicize steps the legal profession has taken in the self-regulation process.

Recommended Citation

Kenneth J. Kavanaugh, Performance Evaluation, Education, and Testing: Alternatives to Punishment in Professional Regulation, 30 U. Mia. L. Rev. 953 (1976)
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