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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice,
Immigration,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Apr. 19, 2021

Licensing nonlawyers to practice would exacerbate ‘notario’ problem

The State Bar of California is pushing forward a set of proposals that would license nonattorneys to practice law and further exacerbate the issue of notario fraud.

George Diab

Student
Loyola Law School

George is an advocate in the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic.

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Morgan Barney

Student
Loyola Law School

Morgan is an advocate in the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic.

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Having just endured four tumultuous years of an anti-immigrant administration and the disparate health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Salvador Oliva, a naturalized U.S. citizen, now faces yet another threat — immigration fraud.

Just before Christmas in 2020, Salvador, who has been unemployed for years due to a disability, under financial stress from the pandemic, and dealing with his family’s COVID-19 infection, recei...

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