The Committee also promotes consumer and governmental interests with respect to the participation in law-related activities by individuals who are not licensed to practice law in a jurisdiction. Issues in this area include the interstate practice of law, the provision of legal services by nonlawyers, and the practice of law following the determination of a major disaster. The Standing Committee on Client Protection sponsors educational programs, provides onsite consultations, develops model rules for adoption as ABA policy, and conducts and publishes surveys.
Committee Roster (10 total members)
Unauthorized practice of law regulators’ top worries include being sued under antitrust laws, lack of funding, and difficulty in getting complainants to cooperate, according to contributors at the opening session of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility's third annual UPL School in Chicago Oct. 26.
Regulators who combat unauthorized practice of law are still feeling aftershocks from U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dental Examiners, which exposes ‘‘active market participants’’ who regulate their own markets to liability for antitrust violations.
Online services could be the key to protecting immigrants from unlicensed legal practitioners, according to a panel of immigration lawyers at the ABA's 2017 UPL School.
Publications | Book
Compendium of Client Protection Rules, 2011 Edition
Audio and Video | Audio Download
Mine! Mine! Mine! Developments and Issues Concerning the protection and Disclosure of an Employer's Confidential or Proprietary Information Audio Download
Publications | Article Chapter
The Pros and The Cons of Combined Reporting: A Compendium of Arguments for the and Against Reporting
