HB1825

It’s not broken. There are more important things in NH than trying to rig who can practice law, aka can be followers of the GOP and not leaders of democracy and upholding our constitution.

I oppose HB1825 because removing regulation of the legal profession from the judiciary risks politicization and fragmentation of professional standards that protect both clients and the integrity of the legal system.

Mr. Chair & Members of the Committee: As a member of the NH Bar Association, I oppose HB1825 as a proposed. This bill attempts to upend hundreds of years of legal practice in NH by deregulating the profession of law, creating a “freedom to practice law,” and stating anyone can get a license to be a lawyer if they pass the Multi-State Professional Examination without having to go to law school (what could go wrong?!). The bill creates a duplicate and parallel track for attorney licensing and discipline, at great expense to the Court system that is already under budgetary distress without an adequate appropriation to fund this new policy. This bill is simply a mess. A warning: Would you agree to a life changing surgery by a surgeon who didn’t go to medical school? No, and common sense tells us that you shouldn’t hire someone who didn’t go to law school to handle your life changing legal affairs - your liberty could be at stake! Let’s let the professionals remain professionals, and send this idea, based in anarchy, to the consent calendar as ITL. Thank you. Rep, Mary Hakken-Phillips

I oppose this bill. Seriously do we want people that don't know the law to be lawyers???? Why would this make sense! Do better NH

I strongly oppose this attack on the the rule of law and the professional practice of attorneys in our state. I would never engage a lawyer who had not completed a degree-granting program in legal studies, anymore than I would allow a surgeon without proper medical training to operate on me. This bill would elevate unqualified and possibly even fraudulent practice in our state. Please don't make things harder for our courts and people who need legal representation in Hew Hampshire.