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[TITLE 78. Table of Contents]
78-9-101 Practicing law without a license prohibited - Exceptions.
(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, a person may not practice law or assume to act or hold himself out to the public as a person qualified to practice law within this state if he:
(a) is not admitted and licensed to practice law within this state;
(b) has been disbarred or suspended from the practiced of law; or
(c) is prohibited from doing so by court order entered pursuant to the courts' inherent powers or published court rule.
(2) The prohibition against the practice of law in Subsection (1) shall be enforced by any civil action or proceedings instituted by the Board of Commissioners of the Utah State Bar.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from
personally and fully representing his own interests in a
cause to which he is a party in his own right and not as
an assignee.
2001
78-9-102 (Effective 05/03/04). Practice of law defined - Who may practice.
(1) The term "practice law" means appearing as an advocate in any criminal proceeding or before any court of record in this state in a representative capacity on behalf of another person.
(2) Only persons who have been admitted by the Supreme Court of this state to practice law may practice or hold themselves out as licensed to practice law in this state.
(3) A person may not use "J.D.", "Esq.", "attorney", or
"attorney-at-law" on business cards, signs, advertisements,
or official documents as those terms are used to indicate
status as an attorney, unless licensed to practice law.
2003
