Legal Technician Proposal
Trial Ad (and other) Notes: There are a whole lot of people who need legal assistance who can’t afford or don’t have access to lawyers. One response to this problem is a proposal to license trained “legal technicians” to perform some tasks currently performed only by lawyers. The July 2008 issue of the Washington State Bar News has a special feature on the issue:
- Legal Technicians: Helpful or Harmful? (editor’s note)
- A Rationale for the Proposed Legal Technicians Limited Practice Rule, by Gregory R. Dallaire
- The Washington State Supreme Court Should Decline to Adopt the Family Law Legal Technician Proposal, by Mark A. Johnson and David S. Heller
- Legal Technicians: Myths and Facts, by Rita L. Bender and Paul A. Bastine
- Legal Technicians Aren’t the Answer: The Family Law Section’s Executive Committee Weighs In, by Jean Cotton
The Practice of Law Board’s report (from Jan. 2008) is here.
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