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Can Lawyers Accept Gifts From Clients or Give Gifts to Clients?

Practice Panther

It’s probably happened to many attorneys: upon receiving a gift from a client, it crosses your mind — is this ethical to accept? e) restricts attorneys from providing financial assistance to clients in connection with litigation, with narrow exceptions. On the other end of the question, is it ethical to give a gift to a client?

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Alternate Pathways: Your Questions Answered

WA Bar News

Law School Experiential Pathway: Law students who wish to graduate practice-ready and waive out of the bar exam would be required to complete 12 qualifying skills credits and 500 hours of work as an APR 9 licensed legal intern or equivalent providing legal services to actual clients. Task Force Report at 13 (footnotes omitted).

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vLex’s Damien Riehl on Examining vLex’s New Vincent AI (TGIR Ep. 227)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

On access to justice, Riehl believes AI can help legal aid and pro bono attorneys handle more matters more efficiently. He also sees potential for AI assistance to pro se litigants to promote fairer outcomes. Overall, Riehl is optimistic about AI augmenting legal work over the next two years through ongoing improvements.