Should the US eliminate entry barriers to the practice of law? Perspectives shaped by industry deregulation (Clifford Winston, Quentin Karpilow, Brookings)

States’ requirements that lawyers obtain a license to practice law, as well as American Bar Association (ABA) regulations of legal practice, constitute barriers to entry to the legal profession. Specifically, all but a handful of states require would-be lawyers to graduate from ABA-accredited law schools, and every state except Wisconsin requires them to pass a bar exam

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/05/17-should-the-us-eliminate-entry-barriers-to-the-practice-of-law-winston

How contraception can boost social mobility (Adam Thomas, Quentin Karpilow, Brookings)

Nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended. This is a problem. Women who have unintended pregnancies are at greater risk of suffering from mental health problems and physical abuse. Children whose births were unintended are more likely to experience adverse developmental and behavioral outcomes. Almost all abortions are also the result of unintended pregnancies.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/social-mobility-memos/posts/2016/04/26-how-contraception-can-boost-social-mobility-thomas-karpilow