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How Paralegals Can Avoid UPL

Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 19, 2021

Paralegals can avoid the unauthorized practice of law (UPL) by becoming familiar with their state’s rules. Rules against UPL specify that paralegals (or anyone who is not licensed to practice law) cannot provide attorney-client services to people, among other prohibitions. What is UPL? Three Things Paralegals Should Avoid.

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Justices to consider scope of “clear and unmistakable error” review of Veterans Affairs decisions

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APRIL 18, 2022

The relevant statute , regulating disability benefits, provides that “the United States will pay [compensation] to any veteran” who is “disabled” as a result of (1) “personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty,” or (2) “aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty.”

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How Paralegals Can Avoid UPL

Justices to consider scope of “clear and unmistakable error” review of Veterans Affairs decisions

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