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They also need to give everyone a default "IANAL" badge, which they lose if they're photographed holding 1) a piece of paper saying "Hi, LawDiscuss.com, I'm $us
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
They also need to give everyone a default "IANAL" badge, which they lose if they're photographed holding 1) a piece of paper saying "Hi, LawDiscuss.com, I'm $username!" and a legible law school diploma.
- eli 17y agoExcept aren't there rules about lawyers giving advice to people who aren't their clients?
- byrneseyeview 17y agoI think grellas can answer this better than I can. I imagine it's something like what happens with stocks: a broker can say "I like IBM. I think it's going up from here," but has to footnote it with "This is not advice, and is no substitute for your own research. Ask a financial advisor before etc."
- dmarble 17y agoThere's a big difference between graduating from law school and being a licensed attorney. What they need is a way to verify a user's identity and cross-check that against bar members in that user's state, which is a matter of public record. Having a badge for the state(s) that user is licensed to practice law in would be useful information as well, as many issues of law differ state-to-state.