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| Happy New Year, friends.
A lot happened in 2022 on the regulatory innovation front. Some state efforts moved forward, creating new 'firsts' in the U.S.'s re-regulation of the legal services industry. Elsewhere, we saw efforts fail or come under attack. Some are questioning whether the regulatory innovation momentum of the last few years is still moving up and to the right. With such a nascent movement, it is likely too early to say. But one thing seems clear: states are increasingly interested in programs that expand the ranks of professionals who are authorized to give legal advice. Late last year, IAALS announced our Allied Legal Professionals project to facilitate national best-practice thinking around these new tiers of legal services provider. We released a landscape report in November that canvases the diverse programs across states—but this is a rapidly evolving ecosystem. Our online Knowledge Center is tracking developments with ALP programs in real time. So while regulatory reform more broadly may continue to be volatile, I am fairly confident in predicting a positive trajectory for ALP programs in 2023. As more and more research demonstrates the value these programs offer the public, it will become increasingly difficult for states to justify why they are not pursuing this approach. |
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Michael Houlberg
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| January 23: "Axiom launches Arizona law firm as state shakes up legal practice rules" on Reuters
January 10: "3 tangible ways to ensure low-income Americans get the legal help they need" in Fast Company December 19, 2022: "A Debate on Nonlawyer Participation Part II: Ralph Baxter Explores the State Bar Obligation to Improve Access to Justice" on IAALS Blog December 14, 2022: "A Debate on Nonlawyer Participation, Part I: Stephen Younger Warns that Nonlawyer Ownership Is Not the Solution to the Justice Gap" on IAALS Blog November 16, 2022: "IAALS Releases New Allied Legal Professionals Landscape Report and Resource Center in an Effort to Increase Legal Options for the Public" on IAALS Blog November 1, 2022: "IAALS Panel Discusses Bridging the Gap between Courts and People" on IAALS Blog October 25, 2022: "Rhyme or reason: the blocking of ABSs in California" on Legal Futures October 25, 2022: "LSB to consider 'alternative configurations' of reserved legal activities" on Legal Futures October 19, 2022: "Gold rush: Lawyers are flocking to Arizona to take advantage of new rules resulting in a flood of outside investments in law firms" on Business Insider October 18, 2022: "A Tale of Two States: First-of-its-Kind Data-Driven Analysis of Legal Regulatory Reforms" on IAALS Blog October 17, 2022: "Why Do Blue States Keep Prioritizing Lawyers Over Low-Income Americans?" in Slate Magazine October 17, 2022: "Addressing the legal services gap" in National Magazine October 16, 2022: "The high highs and low lows of legal regulatory reform" in Legal Evolution October 6, 2022: "New York asks court to allow state to police nonprofit's legal advice program" on Reuters October 5, 2022: "IAALS Launches New Report and Online Resource Center for Unbundled Legal Services, Offering New Tools that Lead to Access to Justice" on IAALS Blog October 3, 2022: "IAALS Panel Explores Alternative Paths to Legal Licensure" on IAALS Blog October 3, 2022: "Arizona and Utah lead the way on legal industry change" on Reuters September 30, 2022: "Why Lawyers Reject Non-Attorney Firm Ownership" in Bloomberg Law September 29, 2022: "Utah's reforms offer model for serving low-income and indigent people, report suggests" in the ABA Journal September 29, 2022: "Stanford Law Report on Legal Innovation After Reform" on SLS Blogs |
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From the Sandbox
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Some highlights from the latest activity report out of Utah's Office of Legal Services Innovation:
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