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Arkansas Access to Justice Commission Pushes to Unbundle Legal Services

Monday, October 23, 2017

Arkansas Access to Justice Commission Pushes to Unbundle Legal Services

 

"The Arkansas Access to Justice Commission hopes changing the rules on attorneys taking a small part of a client’s case, instead of the whole thing, will give Arkansans wider access to legal counsel.

Amendments related to limited-scope representation in the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure are before the Arkansas Supreme Court. The changes would provide clarity to attorneys who want to handle a portion of a legal dispute rather than the entire case, said Amy Johnson, executive director of the commission.

“That would give attorneys some more flexibility to do kind of a la carte type legal service,” Johnson said. “There’s definitely a demand for it...”

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