State Action on Legal Regulation

Utah

• Right now in Utah 
  • Utah Office of Legal Services Innovation
    • Authorized Sandbox Entities
    • August 2023 Activity Report
    • Letter to Utah State Bar
  • 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
      • General Public Legal Services
      • General Public
      • Business Legal Services
      • Business
    • 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

Alaska

• Right Now in Alaska
  • Introduction to Proposed Alaska Bar Rule 43.5

Arizona

• Right Now in Arizona
  • Alternative Business Structures Program
    • How to Apply for ABS Licensure
    • ABS Directory
    • Annual Report of the Committee on Alternative Business Structures to the Arizona Supreme Court
  • Legal Paraprofessional Program
    • How to Apply for LP Licensure
    • LP Examination
    • Report to Arizona and Utah Supreme Courts: Expanding Arizona’s LP and Utah’s LLP Program to Advance Housing Stability
    • Board of Nonlawyer Legal Service Providers’ Annual Report on the Status of the 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
    • Final Order for Alternative Business Structures and Legal Paraprofessionals Order (R-20-0034)
    • Order Amending R-20-0034 to Correct Drafting Errors
    • ACJA 7-209 Alternative Business Structures
    • ACJA 7-210 Legal Paraprofessional
    • Order R-20-0030 Regarding Lawyer Advertising, Referrals, Other
  • 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
  • Closing the Justice Gap Working Group
    • Fact Sheet
  • California paraprofessional Program Working Group
    • Fact Sheet
    • FAQ
  • Petition: Urge Gov. Newsom to Increase Access to Justice in CA through legal reform
• Background Resources
  • Access Through Innovation of Legal Services (ATILS) Task Force
    • Final Report and Recommendations
    • Research & Analysis
      • Legal Market Landscape Report
      • Corporate Legal Services Market in California
      • California Justice Gap Study
  • “Unauthorized Practice of Law” Enforcement in California: Protection or Protectionism?

Illinois

• Right Now in Illinois
  • Illinois Supreme Court Announces Creation of Executive Committee on Practice of Law
• Chicago Bar Foundation
  • CBA/CBF Task Force on the Sustainable Practice of Law & Innovation
    • Final Task Force Report and Recommendations
    • Pocket Chat Videos Explaining Recommendations
    • Regulatory Reform Resources
• Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (IARDC)
  • Client-Lawyer Matching Services Study of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois
  • Intermediary Connecting Services Proposal and recommendations to amend Rule of Professional Conduct 7.2 and Supreme Court Ruled 730 & 220
    • Chicago Bar Foundation Comments regarding IARDC Proposal to Amend Rules Relating to Marketing and Communications to Improve Access to Justice

Connecticut

• Connecticut Bar Association State of the Legal Profession Task Force

Florida

• Florida Bar
  • Florida Supreme Court Letter to State Bar Requesting Study of Lawyer Regulation
  • Special Committee to Improve the Delivery of Legal Services
    • Q&A
    • Final Report
• Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice

Maryland

• Maryland State Bar Association 
  • Affordable Law Task Force Report and Recommendations

Michigan

• Justice for All (JFA) Task Force
  • Administrative Order: Creation of Justice for All Commission
  • Press release announcing Commission
  • Strategic Plan and Inventory Report

New Hampshire

• How N.H. could increase access to justice through occupational licensing reform
• Bill Text: NH HB1343 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended

New Mexico

• Innovation to Address the Access to Justice Gap: Report to the New Mexico Supreme Court of the Ad Hoc Licensed Legal Technicians Workgroup

New York

• Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts Press Release
  • Report and Recommendations of the Working Group on Regulatory Innovation
• New York City Bar
  • Formal Opinion 2020-1: Ongoing Relationships with Alternative Legal Business Entities

North Carolina

• Proposal for a Limited Practice Rule to Narrow North Carolina’s Access to Justice Gap
• Civil Legal Needs Assessment - North Carolina Equal Justice Alliance
• U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Letter in Support of the North Carolina Justice for All Project's Legislative Petition

Oregon

• Oregon State Bar Futures Task Force Executive Summary
• Report and Recommendations of the Regulatory and Innovations Committees
• Paraprofessional Licensing Implementation Committee Licensing Recommendations
• SB306 Relating to members of the Oregon State Bar

Virginia

• 2019 The Future of Law Practice Report
• 2016 Study Committee Report on the Future of Law Practice

Washington

• Blueprint for a Legal Regulatory Sandbox in Washington State

Washington, D.C.

• D.C. Bar Global Legal Practice Committee Seeks Public Comment on Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4
• Administrative Order establishing the Civil Legal Regulatory Reform Task Force of the District of Columbia Courts

 

Independent Paralegal Models

Washington

• On June 4, 2020, the Washington Supreme Court decided to sunset the LLLT program. Because of this decision, no LLLT licenses will be issued after July 31, 2022.
  • Information about the LLLT Program
  • Washington State Rules and Regulations
  • Washington State Rules of Professional Conduct
  • March 2017 Report Assessing the Appropriateness, Efficacy, and Sustainability of the Program
  • 2016 Report from the LLLT Board Providing General Overview of Program, Criteria Used to Evaluate Program, and Summary of Committee Work Leading to Development of Program
  • Chief Justice Stephens' Letter to WSBA announcing sunset of LLLT Program
  • Justice Madsen's Letter of Dissent
  • The Surprising Success of Washington State’s Limited License Legal Technician Program

Utah

• Licensed Paralegal Practitioner Committee
• 2015 Supreme Court Task Force to Examine Limited Legal Licensing Report and Recommendations
• Authorization to Practice Law

Oregon

• Oregon State Bar Futures Task Force Reports & Regulations of the Regulatory Committee & Innovations Committee
• Oregon State Bar Paraprofessional Licensing Implementation Committee
• Video: Introducing Oregon's Licensed Paralegals

New Mexico

• Supreme Court Work Group to Consider Non-Attorney Option for Providing Civil Legal Services in New Mexico

Minnesota

• Alternative Legal Models Task Force
• Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project
• Order Implementing Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project

Colorado

• Limited License Legal Technicians Subcommittee
• Preliminary Report on the Subcommittee on Providers of Alternate Legal Services of the Colorado Supreme Court Attorney Regulation Advisory Committee