NYCLA introduces new taskforce to activate non-lawyer workers for unrepresented litigants
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Removed: The main focus of the taskforce will be staff who are already employed by different legal services providers, who represent clients who cannot afford attorneys in the city’s justice system, but Minkoff said that is also considering how this model could apply to for-profit law firms too.
Added: The main focus of the taskforce will be staff who are already employed by different legal services providers that represent clients who cannot afford attorneys in the city’s justice system, but Minkoff said that is also considering how this model could apply to for-profit law firms too.
Removed: After it decides on its scope, among the taskforce’s first order of business will be to outline the legislative changes that would be necessary to make it possible. Minkoff said that the legislature would be likely to have to pass a practice rule like the ones that allow law students to take on legal work under the supervision of lawyers. This rule would clarify what qualifications staff need to have and what kind of training is needed.
Added: After it decides on its scope, among the taskforce’s first order of business will be to outline the legislative changes that would be necessary to make its proposed reforms possible. Minkoff said that the legislature would be likely to have to pass a practice rule like the ones that allow law students to take on legal work under the supervision of lawyers. This rule would clarify what qualifications staff need to have and what kind of training is needed.
Removed: The members of the taskforce are Minkoff, Sateesh Nori, Seymour James, James Kobak, Khasim Lockhart, Barry Temkin, Michael Miller, Randall Tesser, Janet Sabel, Tara Herman, Jessica Breuer, Amanda Lipman and David Udell.
Added: The members of the taskforce are Minkoff, Sateesh Nori, Seymour James, James Kobak, Khasim Lockhart, Barry Temkin, Michael Miller, Randall Tesser, Tara Herman, Jessica Breuer, Amanda Lipman and David Udell.