States at the forefront of legal regulation efforts understand that public engagement is a critical piece of the puzzle, but states have difficulties engaging with everyday people on these complex and nuanced issues. This project is developing strategies and tools that states need to facilitate meaningful public participation in these vital efforts.

Several new ways of licensing lawyers are already underway across the country, alongside a few well-established methods that are decades old. IAALS is evaluating the licensure landscape to understand each method’s effectiveness in assessing minimum competence and protecting the public from malpractice.