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In Connecticut, what does the law forbid a person who is not an admitted attorney from doing?

Answered for: Connecticut

Sec. 51-88. Practice of law by persons not admitted as attorneys. Exceptions. (a) Unless a person is providing legal services pursuant to statute or rule of the Superior Court, a person who has not been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80 or, having been admitted under section 51-80 , has been disqualified from the practice of law due to resignation, disbarment, being placed on inactive status or suspension, shall not: (1) Practice law or appear as an attorney-at-law for another in any court of record in this state, (2) make it a business to practice law or appear as an attorney-at-law for another in any such court, (3) make it a business to solicit employment for an attorney-at-law, (4) hold himself or herself out to the public as being entitled to practice law, (5) assume to be an attorney-at-law, (6) assume, use or advertise the title of lawyer, attorney and counselor-at-law, attorney-at-law, counselor-at-law, attorney, counselor, attorney and counselor, or an equivalent term, in such manner as to convey the impression that he or she is a legal practitioner of law,

The Connecticut section lists the forbidden acts one by one. Two of them are about appearances rather than court work: holding oneself out as entitled to practice, and using a title so as to convey the impression of being a legal practitioner.

This answer is true in Connecticut and nowhere else on this site. Another jurisdiction is another answer, or an honest gap: see what has been read for Connecticut.

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