Sentences with phrase «allow licensed paralegal»

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The strongest recommendation from the Legal Education Committee was to adopt a paralegal licensing program, providing an expanded role for paralegals that would give the public greater access and allow attorneys to focus on more complicated issues.

Although Utah does propose a LT (licensed paralegal practitioner) in each of the above areas, that LT will not be allowed into court, even to sit with the litigant.

«I can't speak for others, but my sense was that there wasn't a great deal of momentum on the committees to allow the [licensed paralegal practitioners] to represent their clients in court,» he says.

That could mean accrediting online programs or allowing two - year degrees instead of the standard three... Restrictions on practicing law without a license also will relax, Coates predicts, so paralegals can handle house closings, leases, simple contracts and wills.

A paralegal license allows the paralegal to provide legal advice and services to members of the public in certain types of matters and appear before certain lower level courts and administrative tribunals.