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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice

Aug. 17, 2021

Working group OKs 12 rules for paraprofessionals

The controversial program would allow non-lawyers to practice some areas of law, but the new rules of conduct have not satisfied some of the program’s skeptics.

The State Bar’s Paraprofessional Program Working Group voted Monday on the rest of the proposed rules of conduct for the plan that would allow non-lawyers to practice some areas of law.

During Monday’s five-hour meeting, the group discussed and voted on 12 rules, all of which they considered the most controversial. The others were voted on during the group’s July 26 meeting, which was delayed after extended discussion and confusion about w...

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