Jamie Holzer delivers testimony to the Minnesota Supreme Court
Update 10/02/20: The Minnesota Supreme Court ordered and will appoint a standing committee by December 1st, 2020. Click here to view the order.
On August 11th, 2020, Jamie Holzer, MnCP, delivered oral testimony to the Minnesota Supreme Court in support of the Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project. Ms. Holzer currently serves as the Vice President and immediate past President of the Minnesota Paralegal Association (“MPA”).
The Minnesota Supreme Court in March of 2019, issued an Order which established the Implementation Committee for the Proposed Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, which was created to expand upon work completed by the Alternative Legal Models Task Force (“Task Force”). One of the Task Force’s recommendations was to develop a pilot project, which would allow legal paraprofessionals the ability to provide certain legal services to clients, under the supervision of a licensed Minnesota attorney, with the goal of providing greater access to legal services for low-to-mid income litigants in civil cases, who otherwise would not have representation. MPA submitted a written comment in support of the project and the Committee’s recommendations.
The implementation committee was co-chaired by Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Paul C. Thissen and Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge John R. Rodenberg. The committee members included legal experts practicing in Minnesota.
To learn more about the Pilot Project, please see the links below: