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Because in many jurisdictions it is illegal to represent that you are a lawyer or provide legal advice if you are not a lawyer. http://hirealawyer.findlaw.com/

• paulie_a 9y ago
  But that doesn't require a disclaimer, if anything that just requires you to not claim to be a lawyer. Additionally: what recourse does someone have even if they read a random internet comment as legal advice. Pretty much zero.
• nkrisc 9y ago
  Lay people can comment and give their opinions on matters of law. They just can't claim to be or represent themselves as a lawyer if they're not. Of course that opinion is worth the paper it's printed on. I am not a lawyer.