Unlocking Legal Regulation

This Allied Legal Professionals convening focused on one of the most critical questions for the future of these programs: What title will best define—and unify—this new profession, while helping to build public confidence and consistency across states?

How do we create a regulatory structure that allows us to take advantage of the opportunities that AI presents while also minimizing potential consumer harm? This convening brought national leaders together to discuss regulating the use of AI in the delivery of consumer-facing legal services.

This convening included representatives from the seven states with active allied legal professional (ALP) programs. Through discussion and collaboration, we aimed to adopt general guidelines around reciprocity that can be shared and adopted nationally.

We believe the regulatory innovation movement is now at a point where we can come together and share lessons learned and recommendations for launching and sustaining regulatory innovation. This convening was an opportunity to further this momentum and create an initial set of recommendations for launching and sustaining regulatory innovation.

This convening provided a venue for experts and national partners to develop recommendations and best practices for states developing allied legal professional programs. In June 2023, IAALS published and disseminated the results as well as a framework for a new national model for allied legal professionals based on best practices in Allied Legal Professionals: A National Framework for Program Growth.

IAALS invited a group of key players in the regulatory movement to participate in two days of thought leadership sessions to further creating synergies between and among regulatory reform efforts around the country.