HCR 187 Summary

• Requests the Judiciary ensure the Access to Justice Commission's task force on adjunct providers of legal services includes at least as many non-lawyers as lawyers.

• Directs the task force to include representatives from consumer groups with unmet legal needs, social service providers, regulated adjunct providers (such as nurses and paramedics), and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

• Recognizes that fewer than one in four low- and moderate-income people in Hawaii receive help with civil legal needs, with greatest unmet needs in housing, family, domestic violence, consumer, health, public benefits, and education areas.

• Notes that research demonstrates non-lawyer adjunct providers can safely and effectively deliver basic civil legal services on routine matters at lower cost than lawyers.

• Requires certified copies be transmitted to the Chief Justice, Access to Justice Commission, Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and legislative leadership.