South Dakota Planning Resources
Resources to Inform the Critical Issues
Mandatory bar landscape
- Mandatory bar violated First Amendment by posting rainbow flag, wellness advice, 5th Circuit says
- THE BAR RE-IMAGINED: Options for State Courts to Re-Structure the Regulation of the Practice of Law
Recent MCLE efforts
Trends in Admissions/Licensure
- In Wake of COVID-19, several jurisdictions explore other ways to license new lawyers (Bar Leader)
- State Bar of California Board of Trustees Approves Plan to Pilot Alternative Pathway to Licensure - The State Bar of California - News Releases
- Utah Admissions Working Group (IAALS)
- IAALS Building a Better Bar project
AI Impact on the Practice of Law
- Collected resources from the ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence
- 2023 CLIO Trends Report (AI section begins on page 73)
Expanding Access to Legal Information and Services
Major developments: Consumer-centered design (process standardization, accessibility of information, and centralized intake systems); efforts to sustain the lawyer population/getting and using lawyers in the right places; strategies to address problems that may not require a lawyer; assistance for pro se litigants
- Success on the horizon? New efforts to increase rural access to justice (Bar Leader magazine)
- The Landscape of Allied Legal Professionals in the United States. Please note that this is an excellent overview of the landscape, but IAALS is an active advocate of this model and this overview reflects that point of view.
- Alaska Community Justice Worker Program
- Cleveland Legal Collaborative
- Indiana Self-Serve Kiosks Coming to Every County
Background Resources
Strategic Plans
- 2019-24 Strategic Plan (2023)
- 2019-24 Strategic Plan (2022)
- 2019-22 Strategic Plan (2021)
- 2019-22 Strategic Plan (2020)
- 2019-22 Strategic Plan (2019)
- 2014-17 Strategic Plan
Operational Plans