510 So. 2d 596 - Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “[c]omments to the proposed amendment have been filed by an attorney representing a class of plaintiffs who wish to dissolve their marriages but who cannot afford a lawyer, who are ineligible for legal aid, who cannot currently be assisted by clerks of court, and who are unable to prepare the required papers by themselves.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 726 F. Supp. 1261 - Dunn v. the Florida Bar · Dunn v. Florida Bar

2. “The Florida Bar has petitioned this Court to amend chapter 10 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar regarding the unlicensed practice of law. The proposed amendments redefine the unlicensed practice of law and move that definition to another location within chapter 10. The bar submits that the new definition will be beneficial by providing better access to the courts while continuing to protect the public from persons not competent to give legal advice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 726 F. Supp. 1261 - Dunn v. the Florida Bar

3. “... it shall not constitute the unlicensed practice of law for nonlawyers to engage in limited oral communications to assist individuals in the completion of legal forms approved by the Supreme Court of Florida.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dunn v. Florida Bar