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State Bar & Bar Associations

Sep. 23, 2019

State Bar plans to give task force more time

The panel is evaluating controversial proposals that would permit nonlawyers to give legal advice and own legal entities.

State Bar plans to give task force more time
From left, State Bar Trustee Juan De La Cruz, State Bar Board Vice Chair Sean M. SeLegue, State Bar Board Chair Alan Steinbrecher and California Supreme Court Associate Justice Joshua P. Groban.

A State Bar task force considering controversial proposals to provide nonlawyers entry into the legal marketplace will likely be given more time to complete its work than its current year-end deadline, bar Board of Trustees Chair Alan Steinbrecher said Friday.

Steinbrecher also said the bar’s board may only initially focus on exploring final recommendations from the task force related to limited license legal technicians, which are ...

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