Highlights TLC’s pioneering role in deploying trained lay domestic violence advocates under the Utah regulatory sandbox.
Ricca: The fourth insight is that the different reform choices made by Utah and Arizona seem to matter. As noted above, Utah’s reforms target the UPL ban as well as the nonlawyer ownership ban. Utah’s sandbox permits legal service entities to deploy nonlawyers to perform limited legal practice services such as legal advice and assistance with completing legal documents. Arizona does not have that option through its authorization of legal service entities. That choice appears to impact the types of innovations that are emerging. Utah has authorized the only nonprofit entities primarily serving low-income and indigent populations, and each of those nonprofits are using nonlawyers as their service providers. Timpanogos Legal Center, a nonprofit legal clinic affiliated with BYU Law School, sought authorization to deploy trained lay domestic violence advocates to provide legal assistance to survivors seeking protective orders and stalking injunctions.
This project was supported in part by the Utah Office for Victims of Crime, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication are those of Timpanogos Legal Center and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice or the Utah Office for Victims of Crime.
This project was supported in part by the Utah Office for Victims of Crime, awarded by the State of Utah. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication are those of Timpanogos Legal Center and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Utah Office for Victims of Crime or the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
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