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Utah State Bar Futures Project

FOCUSED ON HELPING ATTORNEYS AND THE PUBLIC FOR THE COMING CENTURY

Utah State Bar Futures Report:

In today’s globally competitive and technologically advanced world, every industry, every occupation and every job feel the impacts of disruption. Utah’s legal services are no exception and the Futures Commission plotted a thoughtful path forward.

NATALIE GOCHNOUR
Associate Dean, David Eccles School of Business

Resources from the Report:

Implemented Programs

LicensedLawyer.org – Online Attorney/Client Matching Service.
Utah Supreme Court Task Force to Study Limited Legal Licensing (including information about the task force, reports, related articles, and reports from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, New York, Oregon, and Washington)
Innovation in Practice Committee
Utah Bar Practice Portal Project – Now in public beta release

Utah Resources

Utah State Courts

Online Court Assistance Program
Self-Help Resources
Utah Code of Judicial Administration, Rule 14-705
Utah Judicial Council’s Standing Committee on Resources for Self-Represented Parties
(including information about the committee, surveys, reports, related articles, the 2007 Justice Gap report, and the committee’s various strategic plans)
Utah Rules of Professional Conduct

Additional Resources

Alaska State Bar Unbundled Section (example of bar site with unbundled resources)
Arizona (The Judicial Branch of Arizona’s mandatory arbitration program to reduce costs)
American Bar Association Legal Profession Statistics
American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services Resource Center (a rich assembly of information on innovative practice models around the country)
American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services Year in Review 2014 (articles and other resources on legal services delivery models especially for unbundled practice and incubators)
American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Education Report and Recommendations
Susan Beck, Emerging Technology Shapes Future of Law, The American Lawyer, August 4, 2014
California Civil Justice Strategies Task Force Report and Recommendations
Canadian Bar Association Futures Initiative (including reports and other materials)
JustiServ (commercial site; example of lawyer directory service)
Uniform Bar Exam
Cary Spivak, Bankruptcy petition preparers running afoul of law, Journal Sentinel, August 5, 201

Utah State Bar Futures Project

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