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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice

Sep. 18, 2020

Justice Gorsuch’s support for legal paraprofessionals gets mixed reviews in California

In August, several nonprofit firms wrote a letter to the State Bar, arguing that allowing unlicensed practitioners to represent litigants in debt-related matters would widen the justice gap, not close it.

Justice Gorsuch’s support for legal paraprofessionals gets mixed reviews in California
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at The Federalist Society's 2019 National Lawyers Convention in Washington. (New York Times News Service)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch has come out in support of allowing paraprofessionals to provide limited legal services and have an economic interest in law firms.

In an op-ed published by USA Today on Thursday, Gorsuch and Rebecca Love Kourlis, a former Colorado Supreme Court justice, praised Arizona and Utah for taking these steps to increase access to justice.

“The rule of law in the U...

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