Community Justice Advocates (CJAs) are trained and certified nonlawyer legal providers who help individuals recognize, understand, and resolve civil legal problems at no cost.
Get certified to provide critical legal support to individuals struggling with debt:
10 weeks of online coursework and instruction
Awards 40 CEUs upon completion
Free for qualified professionals
Learn how to assist consumer debtors at any stage. Build job-ready skills in debt collection practice while earning continuing education credit that advances your career. This certificate is free for qualifying Utah professionals and awards 40 CEUs.
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
The College of Arts & Sciences
The Utah Bar Foundation
The Marriner S. Eccles Foundation
On this episode, we talk with Jaxon Didericksen, Access to Justice program coordinator with the Transforming Communities Institute at USU. We’ll talk about the recent launch of their Community Justice Advocate (CJA) Program.
This week, 21 human service professionals across Utah completed a 10-week training program and are now provisionally certified as Community Justice Advocates.
