Talk:Practice of law
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I like the prose in this article. Ground 02:54, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Needs rewriting
Do we really need the full text of the Texas statute? I have no problem understanding it because I'm an attorney; but I remember my first in-class statutory interpretation exercise in law school (we were analyzing the Americans with Disabilities Act) and it was quite a terrifying experience. The point I'm getting at is that most laypersons are not very good at statutory interpretation. Even most treatises and practice guides don't include the full text of statutes except in the appendix. It might be less intimidating to just summarize the elements with citations to various parts of the Texas statute (and other jurisdictions' statutes). --Coolcaesar 03:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Dear Coolcaesar. I had inserted the text of the Texas statute. I have deleted that and replaced it with a brief summary. Yours, Famspear 04:38, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
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- I went back into the history in this page to find that text of the Texas statute and it was very informative. I'd actually vote for keeping and recommend finding the appropriate statutes for the other states. Information like that is very difficult for a layman to locate. Jeff Carr 22:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- The actual text of laws is more appropriate for Wikisource. Superm401 - Talk 01:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
- Concur with Superm401. --Coolcaesar (talk) 06:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
- The actual text of laws is more appropriate for Wikisource. Superm401 - Talk 01:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
- I went back into the history in this page to find that text of the Texas statute and it was very informative. I'd actually vote for keeping and recommend finding the appropriate statutes for the other states. Information like that is very difficult for a layman to locate. Jeff Carr 22:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Arizona
The article states that UPL in Arizona is not prohibited by any statute or court rule. This is incorrect. The Supreme Court of Arizona has adopted a court rule which prohibits UPL. See http://www.supreme.state.az.us/media/pdf/uplrule.pdf. If I do not hear a respone in a few days, I will remove the Arizona reference. Sawagner201 00:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- As written it's wrong, but Arizona is unique for how it decriminalized the unlicensed practice of law. It was off the books so long that the Supreme Court decided to fill the gap with rules from their own constitutional authority. The court's control over its rules in turn angered some legislators who went so far as proposing constitutional amendments to make them the last word in court rules. It's probable that it's still the only state that lacks criminal penalties for practicing without a license, and Arizona's history is worth at least a terse statement. Cool Hand Luke 07:06, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
