Law Practice
May 23, 2013
Licensing of nonlawyers gets traction
Members of a special State Bar committee Wednesday strongly supported the idea of licensing nonlawyers to provide limited legal services to clients as a way to improve access to justice for those who can't afford lawyers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Members of a special State Bar committee Wednesday strongly supported the idea of licensing nonlawyers to provide limited legal services to clients as a way to improve access to justice for those who can't afford lawyers.
"I think we have clear evidence of unmet needs in the legal field," bar Trustee Loren Kieve of San Francisco said near the end of a half-day hearin...
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