At least 10 states and DC moved to boost access to justice this year by considering or implementing programs that allow non-lawyers to work as legal advocates or own law firms.
Under the programs considered or implemented in Minnesota, New Hampshire, Colorado, and six other states and Washington, DC, these non-lawyers can provide legal services such as family law, landlord-tenant cases, mediations and settlement conferences.
Two other states, North Carolina and Washington, are still hashing out possible non-lawyer law firm ownership tests. A Texas commission ended its brief flirtation with a similar idea earlier this month.
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