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Is disclosing yourself as not a lawyer enough to excuse from giving legal advice?

• Y_Y 9y ago
  It's nonsense about letting people claim they thought you were their lawyer. Like the myth about cops not being allowed to lie about being cops. I am a lawyer, this is legal advice and you are now my client
  • skrebbel 9y ago
    Comments like these makes me sad I don't get a monthly supply of extra upvotes.
  • arethuza 9y ago
    I'm pretty sure a real lawyer would have ended that with "... and here is my bill" ;-)
• daemin 9y ago
  I got told this from a friend that studied law (but is not a lawyer). That to put a disclaimer of "I am not a lawyer" when giving opinion about legal matters is so that they will not be prohibited from practising law in the future, or prosecuted for misrepresenting or impersonating a lawyer. I guess someone that has studied law more or is an actual lawyer can weigh in on this in an unofficial capacity (because we are not paying them for advice!).
  • TeMPOraL 9y ago
    I always assumed that the "this is not legal advice" part (and similarly, "this is not medical advice") are meaningfully used by actual lawyers (or doctors), so that you can't sue them for malpractice over something they said that was tangentially related to what they do for a living.
    • JumpCrisscross 9y ago
      It’s less CYA than a reminder that one should seek legal advice if the subject matter is personally relevant. I would hate for someone, who watched a YouTube video and then lost more than they could afford to BitConnect, to mis-step because they mistook my Internet comments for authoritative advice versus banter and commentary.