Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Yale Law Journal Forum
Publication Date
1-2022
Page Number
637
Keywords
access to justice, legal profession, nonlawyers, legal advice, courts
Disciplines
Courts | Law | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | Legal Profession
Abstract
Nonlawyers, including court personnel, are typically prohibited from providing legal advice. But definitions of “legal advice” are unnecessarily broad, creating confusion, disadvantaging self-represented litigants, and possibly raising due process concerns. This Essay argues for a narrower, more explicit definition of legal advice that advances, rather than undercuts, access to justice.
Recommended Citation
Lauren Sudeall,
The Overreach of Limits on 'Legal Advice', 131 Yale Law Journal Forum. 637
(2022)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/1389
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