Lecture Series in Law and Economics - How Should the Legal Profession be Regulated?
On 28 May 2025, the School of Law had the honour of hosting Professor Kyle Rozema (Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law), for an online talk titled “How Should the Legal Profession be Regulated?” The event featured a discussion session with Professor Xiaohong Yu (Tsinghua University, Department of Political Science) and an engaging Q&A session, moderated by Professor Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin.
In this talk, Professor Rozema discussed various ways of how legal professions are regulated and the impact of different regulatory approaches on the legal profession. He empirically examined the effect of bar exam on the size and quality of the legal profession, measured by the disciplinary sanctions imposed on lawyers. Professor Rozema concluded the talk by identifying key open empirical questions for future research on the legal profession. In the discussion session, Professor Yu provided valuable commentary comparing the regulatory approaches in Mainland China, Japan and other Asian jurisdictions, highlighting the need to consider social capital and local context in legal regulation. She raised critical questions about how to accurately measure lawyer quality beyond disciplinary sanctions such as entry barriers and jurisdictional practice restrictions. The talk has attracted over a hundred registrants, including scholars, lawyers, practitioners, and law students.
The Lecture Series in Law and Economics is a collaborative initiative between the City University of Hong Kong School of Law and the Asian Law and Economics Association. Featuring renowned scholars from around the world, the series explores the application of economic analysis to legal and policy issues, fostering dialogue and collaboration among legal and economics scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
About the speaker:
Kyle Rozema is a Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. His research focuses on how we should structure and regulate the legal profession, legal institutions, and law schools. He studies questions about the bar exam, lawyer discipline, judicial reform, and clerkship access, using novel data and empirical methods. Much of his work aims to estimate the causal effects of legal rules and institutional design, while also offering descriptive insights into how the legal system operates. He is also the co-author, with Adam Chilton, of Trial by Numbers: A Lawyer’s Guide to Statistical Evidence, a non-technical introduction to statistical evidence for law students and lawyers.
於2025年5月28日，法學院榮幸地邀請到來自西北大學法學院的Kyle Rozema 教授，為我們帶來名為《法律行業應當被如何監管?》的講座。此次活動還有幸邀請到來自清華大學政治系的于曉虹教授作為與談人，由本院林郁馨教授主持。
在這次講座中，Rozema教授探討了法律行業監管的不同方式，以及各類監管路徑對法律行業的影響。他通過實證研究分析了律師資格考試對法律行業規模與品質的作用（以律師所受紀律處分作為衡量標準），並基於實證研究提出了對不同監管效果的見解。Rozema教授在總結時指出了未來關於法律行業研究的若干關鍵實證問題。與談環節中，于教授在評論中對中國大陸、日本及其他亞洲法域的法律監管模式進行了比較分析，強調在法律監管中需要同時考慮社會資本和地方背景。與此同時，她提出了關於如何超越管制措施（如行業准入門檻和從業範圍限制），準確衡量律師職業質素的關鍵問題。本次講座吸引了逾百名註冊參與者，包括學者、律師、法律從業人員及法律系學生在內的各界人士。
法律與經濟講座系列是香港城市大學法學院與亞洲法經濟學學會之間的合作計劃。該系列邀請來自世界各地的知名學者，探討經濟分析在法律和政策問題上的應用，促進法律和經濟學者、實務界人士及政策制定者之間的對話與合作。
關於講者：
Kyle Rozema 是西北大學法學院的法學教授。他的研究集中在法律行業、法律制度和法學院的結構與監管問題上。 Rozema教授利用新穎的資料和實證方法，研究關於律師資格考試、律師管制、司法改革和法官助理實習等問題。他的許多研究旨在評估法律規則和制度設計的因果效應，同時也提供關於法律系統運作的描述性見解。他與Adam Chilton合著有《數字審判：律師統計證據指南》，這本書是面向法學學生和律師的一本非技術性的統計證據入門讀物。