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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: fighting the legal racket
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Date: Mon, 22-Aug-83 20:54:27 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 22 20:54:27 1983
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Believe it or not, the ABA may have a point. I don't know the details
of this one, but what about the client who has a fact situation that's
slightly different, and the "standard form" doesn't work? Will the
secretary know enough to send him to a lawyer?
	If in fact all the lawyer does is pass it on to a secretary
to prepare and file, then economics and the fact that U.S. lawyers can
advertise dictate that the lawyer's fee will go DOWN.
	Sure, lots of work in law offices is done by secretaries,
paralegals, law clerks and students. But at the bottom (top?) of it
all is a lawyer who (a) checks for unusual situations, and (b) is there
and insured if anything goes wrong.

Dave Sherman
[not speaking on behalf of] The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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