Practicing Law Without a License

[rmknox]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

Can someone point me to a good discussion of exactly what you are allowed to do and not allowed to do without violating the rule that you can not Practice Law Without a License?

As I understand it, without license I can not represent someone else in court and I can not be reimbursed for giving my friends and relatives my opinions regarding legal actions they should take.

But this leaves a lot in between.

For example, can I sit down with a relative for free and help him write a statement he plans to take to court? Can I help him fill out a summons and complaint? etc? Can I explain to him why I think he should go to Superior Court?

I hope there is a good discussion of this somewhere.

 

[Silverplum]

I googled the title of your post with your state name and came up with "About 295,000 results [in] (0.23 seconds)."

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

Can someone point me to a good discussion of exactly what you are allowed to do and not allowed to do without violating the rule that you can not Practice Law Without a License?

As I understand it, without license I can not represent someone else in court and I can not be reimbursed for giving my friends and relatives my opinions regarding legal actions they should take.

But this leaves a lot in between.

For example, can I sit down with a relative for free and help him write a statement he plans to take to court? Can I help him fill out a summons and complaint? etc? Can I explain to him why I think he should go to Superior Court?

I hope there is a good discussion of this somewhere.

 

[tranquility]

http://da.co.la.ca.us/pdf/UPLpublic.pdf

http://apps.calbar.ca.gov/mcleselfstudy/mcle_home.aspx?testID=29

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/cpr/model-def/model_def_statutes.authcheckdam.pdf

 

[rmknox]

http://da.co.la.ca.us/pdf/UPLpublic.pdf

http://apps.calbar.ca.gov/mcleselfstudy/mcle_home.aspx?testID=29

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/cpr/model-def/model_def_statutes.authcheckdam.pdf

tranquility - thanks much - there is such a flood of stuff out there I appreciate your narrowing the field for me

Dick

 

[Just Blue]

tranquility - thanks much - there is such a flood of stuff out there I appreciate your narrowing the field for me

Dick

I don't know.

Your posting history doesn't really come across as an 82 year old. With all do respect!!

 

[Just Blue]

https://forum.freeadvice.com/other-crimes-federal-state-4/endangered-species-act-false-report-583330.html#post3091496 Px is interesting.

 

[HomeGuru]

tranquility - thanks much - there is such a flood of stuff out there I appreciate your narrowing the field for me

Dick

**A: search CA UPL.

 

[rmknox]

I don't know.

Your posting history doesn't really come across as an 82 year old. With all do respect!!

That's because I am only 79 years 11 months and 2 weeks old. If I said I was 80 I was rounding up. Born 4/15/1933 in an adoption hospital for unmarried mothers in San Francisco.

But thanks for inquiring.

Dick

 

[rmknox]

https://forum.freeadvice.com/other-crimes-federal-state-4/endangered-species-act-false-report-583330.html#post3091496 Px is interesting.

Progress Report - no progress, it's still dragging on. I wrote a lot of complaints to the agency management in DC in the form of preambles to FOIAs. "given [description of the crime] I would like to request info as a FOIA as follows:] The local agency has gone mysteriously silent and refuses to issue communications on the subject. My hope is that some sort of criminal investigation is under way. I was sending my FOIAs through the DC office - they suggested I send them direct to the local office - I replied I was trying to get them involved because it looked like a crime was under way.

 

[justin1]

http://da.co.la.ca.us/pdf/UPLpublic.pdf

http://apps.calbar.ca.gov/mcleselfstudy/mcle_home.aspx?testID=29

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/cpr/model-def/model_def_statutes.authcheckdam.pdf

Thanks tranquility for those links to the websites, I was looking for such information and I got a lot of helpful info from here. Thanks a ton.