Resources & Rules
Supreme Court Orders and Reports
Each of the documents linked in this section, and others related to the Legal Paraprofessional Program, are available in the Minnesota Appellate Courts Case Management System (P-MACS) in administrative file ADM19-8002.
- Legal Paraprofessional Program Standing Committee Membership Order, November 27, 2024
- Order Establishing the Legal Paraprofessional Program, September 16, 2024
- Order Regarding Extension on Proposed Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project - August 26, 2024
- Supreme Court Order Regarding Public Hearing on Proposed Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project - Speakers set for June 13, 2024, hearing
- Order In Re Public Comment Period on Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project (Extending the comment period deadline), March 14, 2024
- Order Establishing Public Comment Period and Hearing and Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, February 9, 2024
- Minnesota Supreme Court Committee Issues Final Report on the Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, January 12, 2024
- Interim Report and Recommendations to the Supreme Court, March 1, 2023
- Order Amending Rules Governing Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, October 6, 2022
- Report and Training and Experience Recommendations to the Minnesota Supreme Court, September 14, 2022
- Minnesota Supreme Court Issues Order Amending the Rules Governing the Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project to Help Increase Legal Representation, June 21, 2022
- Minnesota Supreme Court Proposed Amendments to Minnesota Supervised Practice Rules, Public Hearing, May 17, 2022 (recording)
- Order Establishing Public Hearing and Promulgating Amendments to Rules Governing Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, April 1, 2022
- Minnesota Supreme Court Committee Issues Interim Report on the Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, January 24, 2022
- Interim Report and Recommendations from the Standing Committee for Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, December 27, 2021
- Order Amending Rules Governing Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, December 9, 2021
- Order Appointing the Standing Committee, December 1, 2020
- Order Implementing Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project, September 29, 2020
Court Rules and Related Boards
Supervised Practice Rule 12
Appendix 1 to Rule 12 of the Supervised Practice Rules
Minnesota Board of Law Examiners
Other News and Information
We Should Guarantee Legal Representation for Petty Misdemeanors, Minnesota Reformer, December 8, 2023
Could a Solution to Provide Legal Care in Alaska work in Rural Minnesota? MinnPost, November 14, 2023
More States Should Join Effort to Close Legal Services Gap, Law360, August 25, 2023
The Past & Future of State Court Civil Filings, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), May 2023
More States Turn to Paraprofessionals to Fill Justice Gap, Law360, June 2, 2023
You Don't Need a Law Degree to Know the Law, MinnPost, December 1, 2022
IAALS Releases New Allied Legal Professionals Landscape Report and Resource Center in an Effort to Increase Legal Options for the Public , Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, November 16, 2022
How States Are Using Limited Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals to Address the Access to Justice Gap, American Bar Association, September 2, 2022
Minnesota's Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project Shows Early Successes , Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), University of Denver, March 17, 2022
Minnesota Latest State to Test Limited Legal License Program, Bloomberg Law, September 30, 2020
Minnesota will launch legal paraprofessional pilot program, ABA Journal, October 1, 2020
Minnesota Courts Seek to Broaden Access to Justice Through Paraprofessional Pilot Program, FindLaw, October 2, 2020
Supreme Court authorizes two-year pilot to expand role of legal paraprofessionals, Minnesota Judicial Branch News Item, October 8, 2020
Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project Launches, March 1, 2021
The Value of Certification, The Paralegal Voice, March 31, 2021
Equal Justice for All: Why More States Should Follow Arizona's Plan to Increase Public Access to Affordable Legal Services, The Heritage Foundation, August 26, 2021
Problem Solvers: Pilot program allows approved Minnesota legal paraprofessionals to represent and advise clients, Start Tribune, January 14, 2022