South Dakota Planning Resources

Current Resources

• Survey Interview Portfolio
  • Final Survey Report
  • Stakeholder interview observations overview
  • Outreach interview forms                  
    
• SBSD Budget Explanation (For SPC use only. Not for distribution.)
• 2019-2022 SBSD CLE Plan
• MCLE Study Committee Survey Results (For SPC use only. Not for distribution.)
  
• LAP Director Report to Bar Commission
• Creed of Civility and Guidelines for Professionalism
  
• February 2024 Call Recap
  
• Kickoff Call Recap
• Updated Timeline

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

• MSBA MCLE Task Force Submits Feedback to Judiciary

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

• Report and Recommendations of the Texas Access to Legal Services Working Group
• Success on the horizon? New efforts to increase rural access to justice (Bar Leader magazine)
• Nebraska State Bar Association Rural Practice Initiative + Rural Law Opportunities Program (undergrad/law school college track)
• 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

• 2018 Member Survey Report
  

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

• 2018-19 Operational Plan
• 2017-18 Operational Plan
• 2016-17 Operational Plan
• 2015-16 Operational Plan
• 2013-14 Operational Plan