The National Center for Access to Justice is among the various groups and law professors that have submitted proposed briefs to support Upsolve Inc and its bid to train non-lawyers to offer free legal advice to people facing debt-collection lawsuits.
Civil rights groups and law professors have submitted briefs supporting nonprofit Upsolve Inc’s bid to train non-lawyers to offer free legal advice to people facing debt collection lawsuits without running afoul of New York rules on the practice of law.
Groups including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed proposed briefs this week in Manhattan federal court that back Upsolve and a South Bronx pastor, who sued New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office in January.
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The National Center for Access to Justice, a nonprofit out of Fordham University’s law school, and a group of 25 law professors across the country who work on access to justice and regulatory issues, are among the others that submitted proposed briefs this week.