The Role of Allied Legal Professionals: Systems Change and How the Healthcare Industry Succeeded in Expanding Career Paths
On February 1, IAALS hosted "The Role of Allied Legal Professionals: Systems Change and How the Healthcare Industry Succeeded in Expanding Career Paths," the second of two webinars examining the shifting dynamics in legal service provision and advocating for an inclusive and consumer-focused approach to legal reforms.
We know that states are modifying their unauthorized practice of law rules to enable allied legal professionals (ALPs) to offer legal services, but what else needs to happen for these professions to evolve into established career paths? As the second in a two-part series (the first of which can be found here), this webinar considered the changes that need to be made in order for new ALPs to be added into the legal services ecosystem. Using systems change tools, panelists considered the changes that need to be made, both obvious and below the surface, to bring lasting change to the legal services ecosystem so that individuals have meaningful access to justice in civil legal matters. They also showcased how nurse practitioners achieved this within the medical profession.
