Ep 162: Is the End in Sight for State Limits on Law Practice?

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Lawyers are largely limited to practicing law in the states in which they are licensed. But now, calling that rule anachronistic, the</span> <a href= "https://aprl.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">has asked the American Bar Association to amend the model rules that govern law practice to allow lawyers admitted in any U.S. jurisdiction to practice law and provide legal advice to clients anywhere in the country.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Our proposal advocates that a lawyer admitted in any United States jurisdiction should be able to practice law and represent willing clients without regard to the geographic location of the lawyer or the client, without regard to the forum where the services are to be provided, and without regard to which jurisdiction’s rules apply at a given moment in time,” APRL President</span> <a href= "https://www.lewisthomason.com/attorney/brian-s-faughnan/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Brian Faughnan</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">said in</span> <a href= "https://www.lawnext.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Letter-regarding-our-proposal-to-ABA-President.pdf"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">a letter to ABA President Reginald M. Turner</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of LawNext, Faughnan joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss why APRL has concluded that the change is critical to a “21st Century approach to the practice of law.” They discuss the APRL</span> <a href= "https://www.lawnext.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Report-of-the-FOL-Subcommitte-of-APRL-Re-Rule-5.5.pdf"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">study and report</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that called for replacement of the current Rule 5.5 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, APRL’s proposed</span> <a href= "https://www.lawnext.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/APRL-Proposal-for-21st-