This is a continuation of our April 13 editorial concerning Utah’s “legal sandbox,” which established multiple pilot programs aimed at making legal services more accessible and affordable to consumers.

Connecticut attempted during two recent legislative sessions to pass a similar law focused on products and services from the financial sector. But those two bills did not advance. Although the sandbox program proposed in Connecticut was based solely on the financial products and services, the push for any type of sandbox program to come to Connecticut could have been a step leading to someone in Connecticut making serious inquires like those made in the southwestern states to use the sandbox template to bridge the gap from the financial crisis to now, and also bridge the gap in access to justice.