{"id":2750,"date":"2021-12-07T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2022-01-24T06:44:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:44:37","slug":"rules-governing-licensed-paralegal-practitioners-comment-period-closes-january-21-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/2021\/12\/07\/rules-governing-licensed-paralegal-practitioners-comment-period-closes-january-21-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules Governing Licensed Paralegal Practitioners &#8211; Comment Period Closed January 21, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/12\/LPP15703-12.06.2021-copy-for-public-comment.pdf\">RGLPP15-0703. <\/a><b>\u00a0Qualifications for licensure as a licensed paralegal practitioner. <\/b>Amend. The proposed amendment to this rule would add relevant subsections for ease of reading, including headings for the \u201cSpecialized Course of Instruction requirement,\u201d and the \u201cSubstantive Law-Related Experience\u201d requirement. A substantive amendment would also permit academic credit from an Approved Law School or Accredited Program or School to count toward an applicant\u2019s substantive law-related experience hours requirement, which would be capped at 750 hours or half the 1,500 hours requirement.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/12\/LPP15701-12.6.2021-copy-for-public-comment.pdf\">RGLPP15-0701. <\/a>Definitions. <\/b>Amend. The amendments may be summarized as follows:\u00a0\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"m_7187521510146567334xmsonormal\">Add clarification to the scope of an LPP\u2019s practice within family law to include common law marriage as well as name and gender change (there is a coordinating amendment in USB Rule 14-802(c)); \u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_7187521510146567334xmsonormal\">Create a definition for \u201cSpecialized Course of Instruction\u201d referenced in admissions Rule 15-703;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_7187521510146567334xmsonormal\">Omit unnecessary language in paragraph (ee) related to supervision by a licensed lawyer, paralegal, or law student; and \u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_7187521510146567334xmsonormal\">Create a new definition in paragraph (gg) for \u201cSubstantive Legal Course.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/12\/Rule-14-802-12.06.2021-copy-for-public-comment.pdf\">USB14-0802.<\/a> <b>Authorization to practice law.\u00a0<\/b>Amend. The proposed amendment adds clarification to the scope of an LPP\u2019s practice within family law to include common law marriage as well as name and gender change (there is a coordinating amendment in LPP Rule 15-701).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RGLPP15-0703. \u00a0Qualifications for licensure as a licensed paralegal practitioner. Amend. The proposed amendment to this rule would add relevant subsections for ease of reading, including headings for the \u201cSpecialized Course of Instruction requirement,\u201d and the \u201cSubstantive Law-Related Experience\u201d requirement. 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