This study introduces a conceptually based, systematic evaluation process employing multivariate techniques to evaluate a multidisciplinary social work-lawyer intervention model (JASA-LEAP). Logistic regression analyses were used with a random sample of case records (n = 250) from three intervention sites. Client retention, program fidelity, and exposure to multidisciplinary services were signi...

One of the more contentious questions in law is the value of lawyers to their clients. Yet a simple comparison of recovery in cases with and without lawyers will not yield a satisfactory estimate of the value of an attorney since hiring a lawyer is endogenous. We utilize modifications to the collateral source rule which require that awards at trial be reduced by the amount of payments from firs...

Under contingent fees the attorney gets a share of the judgement; under conditional fees the lawyer gets an upscale premium if the case is won which is, however, unrelated to the adjudicated amount. We compare conditional and contingent fees in a principal-agent framework where the lawyer chooses unobservable effort after she has observed the amount at stake. Contingent fees provide better ince...

56 ** Tracey Tremayne-Lloyd, LLB, BA, is a Health Law Lawyer (Partner) a ** Dr. Gary Srebrolow, LLB, DDS, BSc, is a Health Law Lawyer at Gard The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance of Angela Chu, Studen of Ontario (CCO), and criminal law to protect test subjects and ensure that animal and other human experiments are conducted in a safe and socially responsible manner. REBs have the powe...