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include internships, practicums or clinics, and classes are taught by experienced lawyers. ABA-approved legal education programs also must emphasize the legal rules around Unauthorized Practice of Law and ethics.
Author’s Note: You may notice that the title of the column has been changed from “Paralegal Corner” to “Spotlight on Paralegals.” When perusing the National Federation of Paralegal Association’s website, I noticed that they, too, had a newsletter/blog entitled “Paralegal Corner.” This made me wonder why we are putting paralegals in corners; indeed, in today’s legal market, the assistance and support that paralegals can provide is critical, and their role should be celebrated. Hence the name change). About the Authors: Margaret Phillips, J.D., is an Associate Professor at Daemen College and the Director of Daemen’s Paralegal Studies Program, an ABA-approved program. She is also a TEDx Buffalo Speaker and on the Fulbright Specialist Roster. Peter Howell is committed to social justice causes. As a volunteer at the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, he recently authored a comprehensive guide to mental health resources available to patients and legal professionals across the 8th Judicial District. In May, he completed Daemen College’s ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate program.
Footnotes 1) American Bar Association, Commission on the Future of Legal Services, Report on the Future of Legal Services in the United States (2016), https://www.americanbar.org/ content/dam/aba/images/abanews/2016FLSReport_FNL_WEB.pdf; New York State Unified Court System, Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts, Report and Recommendations of the Working Group on Regulatory Innovation (De- cember 2020), %3B https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/publications/RWG-Regu- latoryInnovation_Final_12.2.20.pdf 2) N.Y.S. Commission, Report and Recommendation of the Working Group on Regu- latory Innovation, pp. 3-4. 5) Lorelei Laird, Despite Kinks in the Program, Nonlawyers Successfully Providing Some Legal Services in Washington State, ABA Journal (March 29, 2017); Lyle Moran, How the Washington Supreme Court’s LLLT Program Met Its Demise, ABA Journal ( July 9, 2020). 6) Laird, Despite Kinks in the Program. 7) Id. 8) Laird, Despite Kinks in the Program (referring to a 2017 study by the American Bar foundation and the National Center for State Courts which found the LLLTs were suc- cessful at both representing their clients and getting positive results while staying within their limitations); Moran, LLLT Program Met Its Demise. 9) Lyle Moran, Minnesota Will Launch Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Program, ABA Journal (October 1, 2020). 10) Debra Cassens Weiss, Utah Supreme Court Backs Licensed Paralegal Practitioners, ABA Journal (December 16, 2015). 3) Id. at page 8. 4) Id. at page 10. 11) Jason Tashea, Oregon Bar Considering Paraprofessional Licensing and Bar-Takers Without JDs, ABA Journal (October 7, 2019); Patrick McGlone, Can Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals Narrow the Access to Justice Gap? ABA Journal (September 6 2018). 12) Lyle Moran, Arizona Approves Nonlawyer Ownership, Nonlawyer Licensees in Access-to-Justice Reforms, ABA Journal (August 28, 2020). 13) N.Y.S. Commission, Report and Recommendation of the Working Group on Regu- latory Innovation, pp. 19-31. 14)Id. at 20 (see also page 21 which references a 2019 report by Mary McClymont of the Justice Lab of Georgetown University Law Center “noting that there were at least 23 legal navigator programs in more than 80 locations in 15 states and the District of Columbia.”) 15) Id. at 21-22. 16) Id. at 24 (referencing R. Sandefur & T. Clarke, Roles Beyond Lawyers: Summary, Recommendations and Research Report of an Evaluation of the New York City Court Navigators Program and its Three Pilot Projects, American Bar Foundation/National Center for State Courts with support from the Public Welfare Foundation, December 2016. 122 Dickinson L. R. 825 (2018).
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