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Law Practice

Sep. 8, 2020

California’s debate over legal paraprofessionals is reignited

Arizona plunges into legal paraprofessional system but some California attorneys are hesitant to follow.

With Arizona instituting a process to let non-lawyers provide limited legal services, including in-court representation in landlord-tenant disputes, and as California faces a possible wave of unlawful detainer actions starting in January, the debate surrounding California adopting an alternative licensure process has been reignited.

Allowing paraprofessionals to serve a growing community of individuals in need of affordable repre...

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