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Letters,
Law Practice,
State Bar & Bar Associations

Apr. 17, 2013

Licensing nonlawyers equals nonsense

What I see in the quest to license nonlawyers is my State Bar trying to save our standards of living rather providing access to justice. By Kenneth Brooks

Kenneth Brooks

I do not see the ethical issue of access to justice addressed by the lowering of fees attorneys charge, reducing what law professors are paid, reducing law school tuition, and reminding us of our pro bono opportunities. These topics put the issue squarely on how we feel about our right to money.

What I took from the April 11 article, "State Bar begins on path to nonlawyer licensing," was my State Bar trying to save our stan...

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