State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice
Jan. 21, 2022
Most commenters on State Bar’s paraprofessional plan opposed it
“From my perspective, this is a fallback position that says, ‘Even if we can’t get all the way in the door, at least we can get our foot in the door by chipping away at and changing Rule 5.4 in regards to paraprofessionals,’” said Genie E. Harrison of Genie Harrison Law Firm.
The vast majority of more than 1,300 comments the State Bar received on a proposed plan to let non-lawyers obtain licensure to practice in certain areas of law were in opposition, the bar said Thursday.
As described by the bar, a legal “paraprofessional” is to “a lawyer as a nurse practitioner is to a doctor,” and would be licensed to provide legal services within certain areas. Unlike a paralegal, paraprofessionals may practice without att...
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