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With both Arizona and Utah now allowing nonlawyers to deliver legalservices through alternative business structures, the American Bar Association today issued a formal ethics opinion that addresses the question of whether lawyers outside those states may passively invest in an ABS. may the lawyer passively invest in an ABS?
He will also oversee the company’s alternative business structure initiatives in the UK and as part of the Utah regulatory sandbox, seek ABS designation in Arizona, and play a key role in executing Rocket Lawyer’s plans to use artificial intelligence to accelerate lawyer productivity. We are excited to have him join our team.”
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Stories are replete of law firms and courts and other legalservices entities developing innovative methods and solutions to better perform their work and serve their clients, and legal tech developers introduced many innovative new products. This is not to say that 2021 was without innovation. Her answer was optimistic.
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Two years ago, Arizona became the first state to completely eliminate the prohibition. Just two weeks earlier, Utah had approved sweeping changes in legalservices regulation that that allowed non-traditional legalservices providers. Other states continue to study the issue.
Innovation for Justice , a legal innovation lab focused on social justice, launched at the University of Arizona James E. Innovating LegalServices, in which students will create a Medical Debt Policy Scorecard that inventories the medical debt policies in all 50 states and ranks states based on existing consumer protections.
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Should Rules of Professional Conduct be relaxed to address the growing access to justice problem and other challenges affecting legalservices delivery in our state? This already has happened in Arizona and Utah.
Particularly controversial is the issue of allowing the delivery of legalservices by providers that are not lawyers, as U tah did when it approved sweeping changes in legalservices regulation in 2020. Whether some in the ABA like it or not, the world is changing when it comes to the delivery of legalservices.
Chas is an outspoken advocate of transformation in the legal industry, inspiring increased access to legalservices through technology and new business models. I specifically remember Reinvent Law and the impact it had on the profession and my own view of legalservices.
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