Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Texas

Legal Research by non-lawyer

Can a non-lawyer provide legal research to licensed attorney's without it being considered practicing law without a license?


Asked on 11/16/03, 11:45 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: Legal Research by non-lawyer

Paralegals perform this service frequently. There is no requirement that a legal researcher be a licensed attorney, but not many lawyers will be interested in research by one not highly trained in the area, particularly in E-research such as Lexis/Nexis, etc.

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Answered on 11/16/03, 12:32 pm


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