Rebecca Haw Allensworth

Rebecca Haw Allensworth

Rebecca Haw Allensworth is a professor at Vanderbilt Law School and considered the leading legal expert on professional licensing. Her work on the subject has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and she has consulted three presidential administrations and testified before Congress on licensing policy. Her new book is THE LICENSING RACKET (Harvard; Feb. 2025). Allensworth is also a sought-after antitrust expert.

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February 19, 2025

‘The Licensing Racket’ takes aim at professional licensing in America

Should you need a license for that? For law professor and antitrust expert Rebecca Haw Allensworth, there are huge problems with professional licensing in America—and her solutions might not make anyone completely...