The Yale Law Journal

Nora Freeman Engstrom

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Auto Clubs and the Lost Origins of the Access-to-Justice Crisis

Nora Freeman Engstrom & James Stone

A century ago, auto clubs offered an astonishing array of legal services, representing members in civil and criminal cases, on both sides of the proverbial “v.” But in the 1930s, bar associations decimated these clubs, alongside other group-legal-service providers—and, we argue, sowed the seeds of t…

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The Lessons of Lone Pine

Nora Freeman Engstrom

Lone Pine orders have become a prominent fixture of the mass-tort landscape. So far, the orders have been mostly heralded as an inventive way to streamline the resolution of complex cases. Complicating that consensus, this Article analyzes drawbacks associated with this potent device and advocates r…