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August 31, 2022
Folge 47: Data-driven regulation in den USA und Legal Tech in Österreich
Rechtsgespräch-Podcasts
August 29, 2022
California lawmakers pull plug on legal industry reforms
Reuters, Karen Sloan
August 22, 2022
California Lawmakers OK Bill to Keep Bar from Expanding Access
Bloomberg Law, Joyce Cutler
August 20, 2022
As the cost to hire a lawyer climbs, some states let non-lawyers provide legal advice
NBC News, Deon J. Hampton
August 17, 2022
Following decades of discourse on nonlawyer legal services, questions of motives continue
ABA Journal, Stephanie Francis Ward
August 16, 2022
United States: Looking For Trouble And Finding It: The ABA Resolution To Condemn Non-Lawyer Ownership
Mondaq, Ronald C. Minkoff
Events
- Redesigning Legal Speaker Series
- July 28: Redesigning How We License New Lawyers examined alternative lawyer licensing programs, how they differ from the current bar exam, what some jurisdictions are already testing, and how these alternatives might impact the profession. Watch the presentation.
- March 31: Opening the Law for New Opportunities explored the issues surrounding opening up access to the law, resources in the court systems, and the potential for new opportunities. Watch the presentation.
- February 24: Unified Bars and the Art of the Long View examined the status of mandatory state bars, the most recent legal challenges to them, and the innovative ways bars are meeting these challenges. Watch the presentation.
- December 7: The Role of Legal Education, Clinics, and Legal Labs explored the opportunities being created by regulatory innovation for legal education. Watch the presentation.
- October 20: Lawyer UPL—Has It Jumped the Shark? explored how regulatory reform efforts can strike a balance between broader access to justice, sustainable access, and public protection. Watch the presentation.
- August 24: Legal Tech—Using Technology to Build Sustainable Practices & Expand Legal Services explored how lawyers and other legal professionals can help to solve problems using new advances in technology—while building sustainable practices at the same time. Watch the presentation.
- June 9: Leading from the Bench—Expanding Access through Regulatory Innovation explored how judicial leadership can play a critical role in expanding access to legal services and access to justice. Watch the presentation.
- Recaps and videos of the 2020 Future of Legal Services Speaker Series available here.
- Utah Office of Legal Services Innovation
- Background Resources:
- Standing Order Regarding Creation of Task Force
- Work Group on the Regulatory Structure for Legal Services
- Initial Report and Recommendations
- Utah Survey Reports
- Standing Order Creating Regulatory Sandbox
- Report to Arizona and Utah Supreme Courts: Expanding Arizona’s LP and Utah’s LLP Program to Advance Housing Stability
Arizona
- Right Now in Arizona
- Alternative Business Structures Program
- Legal Paraprofessional Program
- The Shely Firm Summary of Arizona 2021 Legal Services
- Background Resources
- Homepage: Task Force on Delivery of Legal Services
- Final Report and Recommendations
- Rules and Code of Judicial Administration Changes
- Additional Information
- Public Survey Results
- PowerPoint Presentation: “Task Force Presentation: Improving A2J in Arizona”
- Video: Arizona's Legal Problems... and Solutions!
California
- Right Now in California
- Background Resources
Illinois
- Chicago Bar Foundation
- Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (IARDC)
Additional States
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Michigan
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- Resolution 115
- Resolution 402
- Future of Legal Services Report
- Profile of the Legal Profession
- Commission on Ethics 20/20 Working Group Report on Alternative Business Structures
- ABA Center for Innovation
- ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
- SCPR CPR PMBR Web Resources
- Self-represented efiling: surveying the accessible implementations
- 2019 Trends in State Courts
- Landscape of Civil Litigation in State Courts
IAALS and HiiL Justice Needs and Satisfaction in the United States of America
ABA Center for Innovation Legal Innovation Regulatory Survey
National Center for Access to Justice’s Justice Index 2021
Self-Represented Litigation Network's Court Navigators Resource Page
Legal Aid Without Lawyers: How Boston’s Nonlawyers Delivered and Shaped Justice for the Poor, 1879–1921
Kelsea A. Jeon (Winter 2022)
The Overreach of Limits on “Legal Advice”
Lauren Sudeall (January 3, 2022)
Staying Off the Sidelines: Judges as Agents for Justice System Reform
Hon. Bridget M. McCormack (October 24, 2021)
Judges and the Deregulation of the Lawyer's Monopoly
Jessica Steinberg, Anna E. Carpenter, Colleen F. Shanahan, & Alyx Mark (March 9, 2021)
Working With Your Hands Tied Behind Your Back: Non-Lawyer Perspectives on Legal Empowerment
National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) (June 2021)
Seconds to Impact?: Regulatory Reform, New Kinds of Legal Services, and Increased Access to Justice
Rebecca L. Sandefur, Thomas M. Clarke, & James Teufel (2021)
Democratizing the Rule of Law
Hon. Deno G. Himonas & Tyler J. Hubbard (June 20, 2020)
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