The change was made through a decision by the Washington Supreme Court on 23 March to grant a petition from the bar. Explaining the thinking behind their application, Paula Littlewood of the Washington State Bar Association said that the legal profession is 'on the bleeding edge of [a] paradigm shift'.
No supervision needed
The state already allows legal technicians to prepare documents with clients for litigation and to give legal advice without being supervised by a lawyer. Source: ABA
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