Self-study
P1
The Canadian Auto Workers' (CAW) Legal Services Plan, designed to give active and retired autoworkers and their families access to totally prepaid or partially reimbursed legal services, has been in operation since late 1985. ████ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████ ████████ █████ ████████ ███ █████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ██ ███████ ███████ ███████ ████████ ██ █████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ████ ███ ████ ██ █ ████████████ ███████ ███ ██████ ███ █████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ █ ██████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ███
Intro topic ·
CAW plan gives autoworkers access to prepaid legal services
Workers can choose the plan's staff lawyers, or get partially or wholly subsidized service from an outside lawyer.
Reactions to CAW plan ·
Positive
Significant portion of autoworkers are enrolled in the plan. Concept of prepaid legal services is spreading.
P2
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Lawyers' concerns ·
Plan has negative effect on prices for legal services
Even for lawyers who haven't joined the plan, legal fees have been depressed in places where CAW plan operates.
CAW directors' response ·
Plan helps both clients and lawyers
Clients get access to low-price services, and lawyers can grow their business by working with people who otherwise wouldn't use lawyers. And lawyers will get clients from referrals, who would pay standard legal fees.
P3
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Author's critique of CAW plan ·
Plan won't satisfy clients long-term, and won't increase law firm profits much
Support 1 ·
Lawyers in the plan aren't as good as lawyers outside the plan
Established lawyers don't need to participate. So participating lawyers tend to be worse and provide less satisfaction to clients.
Support 2 ·
Full-fee referrals won't make up for servicing the low-fee plan clients
Support 3 ·
Lawyers won't give much time or effort to low-fee plan clients
Passage Style
Critique or debate
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Question Type
Main point
The main point of this Critique passage is a criticism of the CAW prepaid legal services plan. Opposing the plan’s directors,
a
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The author doesn’t mention short-term benefits of the plan. His
b
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The author thinks that the CAW plan will not be effective. His
c
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The author is opposed to the CAW plan, but he never mentions more equitable means of delivering legal services.
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The idea of the CAW plan is “spreading,” but we don’t know that it has widespread consumer support. Lawyers do criticize the plan because of it’s financial impact, but (D) still doesn’t capture the author’s main point. His
e
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This describes the author’s