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Utah Sandbox OKs Two Programs Enabling Non-Lawyers To Give Legal Advice On Medical Debt

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Two non-profit pilot programs won approval this week under Utah’s regulatory sandbox to provide non-lawyer legal assistance to individuals with medical debt. Both programs were approved May 7 by the Utah Supreme Court’s Office of Legal Innovation , which oversees the sandbox and reviews and approves applicants.

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Arizona’s Alternative Business Structure Program Improved Access To Justice For Tort Victims And Possibly Large Companies

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In 2020, the Arizona Supreme Court established its Alternative Business Structure (ABS) program which allows nonlawyers to have an economic interest or decision making authority in a law firm. Specifically the lack of legal services for low-income individuals and rural communities.

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What’s New in Law Firm Ownership?

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Utah is in the early stages of a seven-year “regulatory sandbox” pilot program to conduct its own experiment with alternative business structures. Supreme Court. Millions remain inadequately fed and housed, and there don’t seem to be nearly as many structural barriers in those areas as there are in the legal profession.

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Comprehensive Study of Regulatory Reform Finds It Is Driving ‘Substantial Innovation’ In Legal Services Delivery with No Harm to Consumers

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A Stanford Law School study published today of regulatory reforms in Utah and Arizona finds that they are “spurring substantial innovation,” that they are critical to serving lower-income populations, and that they do not pose any substantial risk of consumer harm. Who will be served by those innovations?

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Seeking to Expand Access to Justice, Washington State Pilot Will Allow Non-Lawyer Entities to Practice Law

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Similar to regulatory reform initiatives in Utah and Arizona, the Washington Supreme Court has entered an order approving a pilot program that will allow companies and nonprofits that are not owned by lawyers to provide legal services under carefully monitored conditions.

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Justice Deno Himonas, Who Spearheaded Utah’s Innovation Sandbox, Retires from Supreme Court

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Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court. 29 letter to Utah Gov. 29 letter to Utah Gov.

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On LawNext: A Deep Dive Into Washington’s Newly Approved Pilot to Allow Non-Lawyers to Practice Law

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5, in a move to enhance access to justice, the Supreme Court of the state of Washington issued a historic order authorizing a regulatory reform pilot program by which entities not owned by lawyers will be able to deliver legal services. The move makes Washington only the third state, after Utah and Arizona, […]

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