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How Paralegals Can Avoid UPL

Paralegal Bootcamp

Paralegals can avoid the unauthorized practice of law (UPL) by becoming familiar with their state’s rules. Rules against UPL specify that paralegals (or anyone who is not licensed to practice law) cannot provide attorney-client services to people, among other prohibitions. Three Things Paralegals Should Avoid.

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Legal Ethics – Are You Being Properly Supervised?

Paralegal Alliance

A paralegal can perform any task that an attorney can, with the exceptions of representing a client in front of a judge, who is not an administrative law judge (“ALJ”), forming the attorney-client relationship with a client on behalf of an attorney employer, signing legal pleadings on behalf of an attorney or client, and giving […].

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Will You Survive? How Trump’s Upheaval is Reshaping Your Legal Career”

The Estrin Report

Estrin I had the honor of delivering the keynote address for the Orange County Paralegal Association conference. These appointments are already influencing rulings on key areas, including administrative law, corporate litigation, and constitutional law. Paralegals and legal analysts may have expanded workload.

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