In re Town of Little Compton

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA,

for the Court.

Nearly eighty years ago, this Court stated that “the practice of the law is a special field reserved to lawyers duly licensed by the court * * Rhode Island Bar Association v. Automobile Service Association, 55 R.I. 122, 126, 179 A. 139, 140 (1935). The thrust of this ruling was to ensure “that the public welfare will be served and promoted.” Id. at 131, 179 A. at 143. Indeed, “[gjreat and irreparable injury can come to the people, and the proper administration of justice can be prevented, by the unwarranted intrusion of unauthorized and unskilled persons…