Authored by Caden Rosenbaum, Tech & Innovation Policy Analyst
The current disconnect between legal services providers and legal consumers can only be described as a gap in the market caused, in part, by overregulation
The need for innovation in the legal industry has never been greater, and regulatory sandboxes for legal services provide a responsible solution.
Regulatory sandboxes provide a controlled environment for experimentation and close monitoring to prevent consumer harm.
The first, and to-date only, legal services sandbox in the United States is active in Utah.
Rather than relying on assumptions about regulatory policy change, the sandbox mechanism advances data-informed rule making.
Supporting the development of legal regulatory sandboxes—in Utah and other states—holds promise for bringing critically needed product and service innovation to legal consumers.
Read More in our Public Policy Brief