At a conference titled Access to Justice in California: Challenges and Policy Innovations held in Santa Monica, California, approximately 75 national and California leaders discussed approaches to reforming legal services regulation. There was broad consensus among participants that the access to justice gap in the United States is real, wide, and deep. Rethinking legal services regulation was discussed as one approach to reducing this gap.
Authors
- Division
- RAND Social and Economic Well-Being Justice Policy
- Pages
- 78
- Published in
- United States
- RAND Identifier
- CF-A3411-1
- RAND Type
- report
- Rights
- RAND Corporation
- Series
- Conference Proceedings
- Source
- https://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CFA3411-1.html
Table of Contents
- About These Conference Proceedings 3
- RAND Institute for Civil Justice 3
- Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School 3
- UCLA School of Law Program on Legal Ethics and the Profession 4
- Berkeley Law Civil Justice Research Initiative 4
- Acknowledgments 4
- Summary 5
- Contents 7
- Background and Opening Remarks 9
- Background 9
- Opening Remarks 11
- Panel on Expanding the Supply Allied Legal Professionals 14
- Moderator 14
- Panelists 14
- Key Themes 15
- A Limited License Legal Technicians Story 16
- North Carolinas Proposal North Carolina Justice for All Project 16
- The Paraprofessional Program Working Group of the State Bar of California 17
- Panel on Harnessing Capital and Innovation Entity Licensing 19
- Moderator 19
- Panelists 19
- Key Themes 20
- Arizona Allowing Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms 21
- Utah Using a Regulatory Sandbox to Authorize Nontraditional Legal Service Entities 22
- Hello Divorce 22
- Panel on Expanding the Impact Justice Workers in Local Communities 24
- Moderator 24
- Panelists 24
- Key Themes 24
- Legal Link 25
- Alaska Community Justice Workers 26
- Certified Advocate Partners Program in Utah 27
- Panel on the Doctrinal Horizon The Unauthorized Practice of Law the First Amendment and Antitrust 29
- Moderator 29
- Panelists 29
- Key Themes 30
- South Carolina 31
- Panel on Access to Justice and Consumer Protection Perspectives from the Executive and Legislative Branches 33
- Moderator 33
- Panelists 33
- Key Themes 33
- Keynote Speaker The Honorable Kelli M. Evans Associate Justice California Supreme Court 35
- Remarks by the Honorable Kelli M. Evans 35
- Conclusion 38
- Conference Agenda 39
- Rhode Center Policy Brief Rethinking Regulation of Legal Services How the Status Quo Contributes to the Access to Justice Crisis 42
- Rhode Center Policy Brief Rethinking Regulation of Legal Services Authorizing Allied Legal Professionals 47
- Rhode Center Policy Brief Rethinking Regulation of Legal Services Authorizing Community Justice Workers 55
- Rhode Center Policy Brief Rethinking Regulation of Legal Services New Possibilities for Entity Regulation 62
- Executive Summary 63
- AT A GLANCE 63
- Case Studies 65
- Emerging Data 67
- Success Challenges 69
- Rhode Center Policy Brief Rethinking Regulation of Legal Services First Amendment and Antitrust Challenges to the Status Quo 71
- Executive Summary 72
- AT A GLANCE 72
- The First Amendment Arguments 73
- The Antitrust Arguments 74
- Abbreviations 76
- References 77
