R. Regulating Fla. Bar 18-1.3 · 18-1. GENERALLY
ACTIVITIES
Text — October 1, 2026 edition
(a) Permissible Activities. An authorized legal assistance lawyer, in association with an approved legal assistance office and under the supervision of a supervising lawyer, may perform the following activities:
(1) appear in any court or before any administrative tribunal in this state on behalf of an authorized legal assistance client, provided the person on whose behalf the authorized legal assistance lawyer is appearing has consented in writing to that appearance and a supervising lawyer has given written approval for that appearance;
(2) prepare pleadings and other documents to be filed in any court or before any administrative tribunal in this state in any matter in which the authorized legal assistance lawyer is involved, provided all notices of appearance, pleadings, and documents bear the lawyer’s name, the name of the bar to which admitted, that jurisdiction’s bar number, and the legend “Rule 18 Military Legal Assistance Lawyer”; or
(3) engage in such other preparatory activities as are necessary for any matter in which the authorized legal assistance lawyer is involved.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Added June 27, 1996, effective July 1, 1996 (677 So.2d 272). Amended March 23, 2000 (763 So.2d 1002). Amended May 21, 2015, corrected June 25, 2015, effective October 1, 2015 (SC14-2107).
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