A divided Washington Supreme Court June 15 adopted a rule creating a new breed of nonlawyer “limited license legal technicians” who will be allowed to provide certain types of legal services in civil matters without a lawyer’s supervision (In re Adoption of New APR 28—Limited Practice Rule for Limited License Legal Technicians, Wash., No. 25700-A-1005).
This new approach “is a limited, narrowly tailored strategy designed to expand the provision of legal and law related services to members of the public in need of individualized legal assistance with non-complex legal problems,” Chief Justice Barbara A. Madsen stated on behalf ...
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