Metrics as of October 2025
| Total Number of Regulated Entities and Number of Entities Within and Outside the Sandbox |
11* (7 Moderate + 4 High/Provisional. 1 Moderate entity has 2 subsidiaries.) |
| Number of Applicants to the Sandbox Since Re-Opening in February 2024 | 47 (8 have withdrawn) + 1 request for reconsideration received from an applicant prior to re-opening. |
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General Information about Applicants (e.g., type of legal entity, ownership makeup, target market, proposed type of service, legal need to be addressed, subject matter served) |
1 new applicant in October |
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Applicants Recommended for |
2 (No new recommendations in October) |
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Applicants Denied Sandbox Entry |
28* (4 new denials in October) |
| Applicants on Hold |
0 |
| Applicants Recommended to Exit Sandbox |
N/A (The exit process is on hold) |
| Applicants Not Recommended to Exit Sandbox |
N/A |
| Identification of Risk Trends and Responses |
N/A |
| Cumulative Number of Consumer Complaints |
No new consumer complaints in October |
*Updated number.
One entity departed the Sandbox in October 2025.
High Innovation/Provisional authorizations expired in August 2025.
Activity Report
The Utah legal regulatory sandbox (“Sandbox”) is a pilot project testing non-traditional models for providing legal services as well as testing novel methods of monitoring for consumer harm, including the use of back-end controls. This ambitious project is iterative, being the first of this type of experiment in legal regulation, with regular evaluation leading to policy changes as new information is gathered. For example, additional front-end controls have been added over time, and the scope has been narrowed in the furtherance of the Sandbox’s access-to-justice objectives. A goal of the Sandbox is to generate meaningful information that the Utah Supreme Court can utilize to make future policy decisions regarding the regulation of the practice of law in a manner that increases underserved Utahns’ access to legal assistance.
As part of the implementation of Phase 2 of the Sandbox, the Legal Services Innovation (“LSI”) Committee will evaluate how to best collect and analyze data in a manner that advances the Court’s new guidance to focus on models with the most promise for addressing the access-to-justice gap in Utah while also addressing concerns raised by the Supreme Court and data team. During this transition, we are suspending monthly data reports and will instead publish an annual data report that will reflect the new metrics and data gathered during calendar year 2025.
The LSI Committee expects that fine-tuning will continue in the remaining two and a half years of the Sandbox and is excited to continue to be at the forefront of exploring legal innovation and regulatory reform in collaboration with the Utah State Bar.