In Re Opinion No. 24

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

The New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law (the “Committee”) concluded in Advisory Opinion No. 24, 126 N.J.L.J. 1306, 1338 (1990), that “paralegals functioning outside of the supervision of an attorney-employer are engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.” Petitioners are several independent paralégals whom attorneys do not employ but retain on a temporary basis. They ask the Court to disapprove the Advisory Opinion.

Like paralegals employed by attorneys, independent paralegals retained by attorneys do…