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Jul. 28, 2022

California State Bar’s proposed paraprofessional regulatory changes supported by many

Merete Rietveld

Senior Counsel
Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley PC

Phone: (213) 542-5700

Email: mrietveld@chwlaw.us

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The Daily Journal's July 26 article Bar pushes paraprofessional, regulatory changes paints a one-sided picture of this issue. A reader new to this subject would assume based on this article that the fight is between "the bar and lawmakers ... sparr[ing] over the idea of allowing paraprofessionals and technology companies to offer some legal services." And that the legal field has uniformly lined up with lawmakers given that the article quotes only the CAOC CEO's stanc...

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