Category: -Licensed Paralegal Practitioners Rules of Professional Conduct

Rules Governing the State Bar, Rules Governing Licensed Paralegal Practitioner, and Licensed Paralegal Practitioners Rules of Professional Conduct – Comment Period Closed March 8, 2019

Rules Governing the State Bar

USB14-0802. Authorization to practice law. The amendments to Rule 14-802 clarify that the forms an LPP may use are forms approved by the Judicial Council.

Rules Governing Licensed Paralegal Practitioners

URGLPP15-0510. Prosecution and appeals. The amendment to Rule 15-510 changes a cross reference to Standing Order No.7 to a cross reference to Rule 14-303.

Licensed Paralegal Practitioners Rules of Professional Conduct

LPP1.013. Organization as a client. Rule 1.13 is repealed because it governs when an LPP represents an organization as a client and an LPP may not represent an organization as a client.

LPP5.04. Professional independence of a licensed paralegal practitioner and LPP6.01. Voluntary pro bono legal service.

The amendments to Rules 5.4 and 6.1 remove language that refers to an LPP representing an organization as a client. An LPP may not represent an organization as a client.

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Licensed Paralegal Practitioners Rules of Professional Conduct and Rules Governing Licensed Paralegal Practitioner – Comment Period Closed May 21, 2018

LPP1.03 Diligence. The proposed rule applies to Licensed Paralegal Practitioners and is part of the new chapter for Licensed Paralegal Practitioners’ Rules of Professional Conduct which was published for comment on August 31, 2017.

RGLPP15-0908 Conflict of Interest. The proposed rule applies to Licensed Paralegal Practitioners and is part of the new chapter for Licensed Paralegal Practitioners’ Fund for Client Protection which was published for comment on August 31, 2017.

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Licensed Paralegal Practitioners Rules of Professional Conduct – Comment Period Closed October 15, 2017

LPP Rules of Professional Conduct

Ethics and Discipline Rules Summary

14-0802

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1.01

1.02

1.04

1.05

1.06

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1.09

1.010

1.011

1.012

1.013

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1.017

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2.01

2.03

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3.05

4.01

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5.01

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5.03

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5.06

6.01

6.03

6.04

6.05

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7.02

7.03

7.04

7.05

8.01

8.02

8.03

8.04

8.05

To see and comment on the next set of rules, please click on this link:  https://legacy.utcourts.gov/utc/rules-comment/2017/08/31/rules-governing-licensed-paralegal-practitioner-2-of-2-comment-period-closes-october-15-2017/.

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