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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