Category Archives: non-lawyer limited practice

Colorado Supreme Court approves licensing of paraprofessionals to perform limited legal services

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Colorado Supreme Court opinion implementing rules which create a program to license legal paraprofessionals to perform limited certain limited legal services and answer a judge’s factual questions.  The … Continue reading

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Oregon State Bar proposal would permit paralegals to represent clients in landlord/tenant and family law cases

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent proposal by the Oregon State Bar to permit nonlawyers to represent clients in housing and family law cases.  A link to information and a video explaining the … Continue reading

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California Bar considers proposal to permit nonlawyers to provide legal advice and limited legal services, and own law firms

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent proposal of a California State Bar working group to permit licensed paraprofessionals to give legal advice and limited legal services, and own law firms.  The purpose and … Continue reading

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New York commission group report recommends licensing social workers to provide limited legal services

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent report and recommendations of a New York commission working group, which recommends, inter alia, the licensing of social workers to perform legal services.  The Report and Recommendations of the … Continue reading

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Arizona becomes first U.S. state to authorize non-lawyer ownership of law firms and fee sharing

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent implementation of rule revisions which will permit non-lawyers to own law firms and share fees with lawyers, and also makes other significant rule revisions.  … Continue reading

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Washington Supreme Court votes to eliminate the non-lawyer limited license technician (LLLT) program

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Washington Supreme Court vote to eliminate the non-lawyer limited license legal technician (LLLT) program.  The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Debra L. Stephens, sent a letter … Continue reading

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Advanced Registered Paralegal program allowing limited practice sent to Bar Rules Committee for review

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will update the status of the Advanced Florida Registered Paralegal designation as part of the Florida Registered Paralegal Program in Chapter 20, the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. As I previously … Continue reading

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Arizona legal advocates program beginning in September 2020 will train non-lawyers to provide limited legal advice

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the Arizona licensed legal advocates program beginning in September 2020 which will provide training for non-lawyers to provide limited  legal advice.  A recent news release on the program by … Continue reading

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Utah Supreme Court approves pilot program to permit non-traditional legal services, including non-lawyer firm ownership

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the unanimous Utah Supreme Court approval of a pilot program to permit non-traditional legal services, including non-lawyer firm ownership.  The report of the Utah Work Group on Regulatory Reform … Continue reading

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California Bar examines proposal that non-lawyers be permitted to provide legal advice and have a financial interest in law firms

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent proposals of a State Bar of California task force which would, inter alia, permit legal technicians to offer legal advice and also permit non-lawyers to have a … Continue reading

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