ABA passes access to justice measure after opposition fades — from news.bloomberglaw.com by Sam Skolnik
- New York State Bar Association president lauds “powerfully important moment”
- Vote followed several days of sometimes tense negotiations
Excerpt:
The American Bar Association passed a resolution encouraging state bars to explore innovative approaches to access to justice by voice vote on Monday, after several days of behind-the-scenes negotiations during which its passage seemed unclear.
Proponents of Resolution 115 prevailed in the House of Delegates vote during the ABA midyear meeting in Austin, Texas, in part because they were willing to adjust the proposal’s language to make it more palatable to detractors who had been concerned about its possible impact on legal industry independence. The House of Delegates is the policy-making arm of the ABA, composed of nearly 600 members, two-thirds of whom represent state, local, and specialty-focused bar groups.
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- To increase access to justice, regulatory innovation should be considered, ABA House says (Links to an external site.) — from abajournal.com by Matt Reynolds
Excerpt:
The ABA House of Delegates passed a controversial resolution Monday to address the crisis of access to civil justice, encouraging states to adopt regulatory innovations to expand legal services to more Americans. The House adopted Resolution 115 (Links to an external site.) with broad support, even though it had spurred intense debate during the 2020 ABA Midyear Meeting in Austin, Texas. The ABA Center for Innovation and four of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility’s standing committees sponsored the resolution. It will encourage U.S. jurisdictions to consider regulatory innovations that expand legal services. - How a new program connects Utahns to lower-cost legal advice — from deseret.com by Annie Knox
Utah becomes 2nd state to create more affordable alternative to attorneys