Implementing a LAIR Program at the state level: Arizona Experience Lawrence F. Winthrop Chair, Arizona Commission on Access to justice

Arizona experience: First steps Identify potential federal funding Confer with Chief Justice, Administrative Office of the Courts Engage the Executive Branch Provide research, statistics and other information to justify Executive involvement Create discrete work group, to include: Judges Lawyers, including Legal Aid representatives Court administrators Executive Branch representatives Public members

Preliminary research: executive branch Governor’s public pronouncements Social Services Agenda/Goals Economic Development Agenda/Goals State of State Speeches Other public statements Identify state agencies providing constituent services Review agency websites, administrative mandates and rules Public pronouncements by agency leaders

Governor’s Economic and Social Services Goals Research results Access to Justice Issues Legal Aid Expertise

Research results Assisting jobseekers with criminal records Assisting victims of crime, including domestic violence, vulnerable adult abuse, identify theft Assisting homeless veterans Assisting victims of opioid crisis

Next steps Create advocacy “white paper” documenting research results, work group discussion, collaborative decisions re priority, and identify “next steps” for work group and Executive Branch engagement

Inter-agency engagement Invited to Governor’s Task Force on Re-entry and Recidivism Key government leaders: Governor’s policy advisors; Dept. of Corrections; Dept. of Economic Security and Dept. of Housing