The Washington Supreme Court adopted a ten-year Pilot Project for Entity Regulation to test and evaluate innovative legal service models and alternative business structures. The pilot project serves as a mechanism to encourage legal professionals, entrepreneurs, law firms, corporations, and others to experiment with innovative business models for delivering legal and law-related services. The pilot project authorizes entities to provide legal and law-related services in Washington through a monitored, data-driven, and regulated experimental environment.

The goal of the pilot project is to evaluate if entity regulation combined with regulatory reform and innovative service models will increase the accessibility of quality legal assistance to Washington consumers without exposure to undue risk or harm.