Practice question
A lawyer regularly reviews settlement proposals, identifies legal risks and drafts instruments tailored to a client’s dispute. She never signs a pleading and argues that none of her services constitute legal practice because another lawyer handles the hearing. Which is best?
- The tailored legal advice and drafting can themselves constitute practice of law
- Only the hearing lawyer performs any legal service
- Delegating appearances removes the legal character of her work
- Document drafting is always purely clerical
- No client relationship can exist before a court filing
Legal references
- CPRA, Canon III Section 1: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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