The Community Justice Advocate (CJA) Program aims to expand access to justice in Utah by training and certifying social workers and other helping professionals to deliver accessible civil legal services. By combining legal education with human service delivery, we hope to build a future where all Utahns will be empowered to navigate the legal system confidently and effectively.
Are you interested in becoming a Community Justice Advocate? Learn more about our current certificate offerings below.
Debt claims account for 85 percent of all general civil legal claims filed in Utah District Courts, yet nearly all defendants have no legal representation. Furthermore, about 7 in 10 debt cases result in an uncontested judgement. The pilot program application is currently open.
With your support, we can train more Community Justice Advocates in more legal practice areas, helping us accomplish our vision for all Utahns to be empowered to navigate the legal system confidently and effectively.
Currently, debt collection is the only legal practice area TCI offers certification. TCI plans to develop and offer certificates in a number of legal practice areas in the future. What legal practice area should we develop a certificate for next?
These individuals have independently donated their time and expertise to the Community Justice Advocate Program. Their participation is personal and does not represent or imply endorsement by their employers or affiliated organizations.
Attorney
Nonprofit Legal Services of Utah
Professor
Brigham Young University Law School
Attorney
Parsons Behle & Latimer
Director
USU Housing & Financial Counseling
Assistant Professor
USU Instructional Technology & Learning
Sciences
Manager of Care Management
Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital
Counselor
Experiential Counseling Services
Attorney
Nonprofit Legal Services of Utah
Attorney
Titan Legal
Judge
Third District Court, State of Utah
Associate Attorney
Parsons Behle & Latimer
Business Office Supervisor
San Juan Health
Utah State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Utah Bar Foundation
The Marriner S. Eccles Foundation
Utah State University’s Transforming Communities Institute will officially launch the Community Justice Advocate Program, a cutting-edge initiative in Utah that will train social workers to provide limited legal services to individuals navigating debt-rel...
Didericksen is leading efforts to establish the Community Justice Advocate (CJA) Program, which will train social workers and other professionals to provide limited-scope legal services to individuals facing financial and legal challenges. By focusing fir...
