A North Carolina advocacy group and two paralegals failed to convince a federal court to advance a First Amendment challenge to the state’s prohibition on legal advice from non-lawyers.
The prohibition is a professional conduct regulation that need only survive intermediate constitutional scrutiny, and the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina said Monday it passed that test, because the limitations “reasonably fit within” the state’s substantial interest in regulating the legal profession.
North Carolina Justice for All Project argues that expanding who can provide legal advice is crucial for people who, despite being ineligible for free ...
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