Eric Rasmusen on Unauthorized Practice of Law — The Case of Free Advice

Eric Bennett Rasmusen September 20, 2011

Truth on the Market View Original Source

• 
  Back
  to Top

It is questionable whether states should have unauthorized practiced of law statutes and bar admission standards based on credentials rather than examinations. A first step, however, is to attack statutes that forbid a non-lawyer from giving free legal advice, whether to friend, family, or just someone who can’t afford all the legal help he needs. Should such charity be a crime?

Read the full piece here.