What must a person not do if they do not have a valid license?

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What must a person not do if they do not have a valid license?

The key idea is that practicing or offering legal services without a license is not allowed, and you cannot misrepresent your status to the public. If you don’t have a valid license, you must not present yourself as a legal paraprofessional or as someone who is authorized to provide legal services. That misrepresentation could amount to the unauthorized practice of law and could mislead clients about your qualifications. Other situations—being a law student, having a pending license application, or having passed a paralegal exam—don’t license you to provide legal services. You can’t claim authorization or hold yourself out as licensed, but those statuses don’t automatically permit practicing law.

The key idea is that practicing or offering legal services without a license is not allowed, and you cannot misrepresent your status to the public. If you don’t have a valid license, you must not present yourself as a legal paraprofessional or as someone who is authorized to provide legal services. That misrepresentation could amount to the unauthorized practice of law and could mislead clients about your qualifications.

Other situations—being a law student, having a pending license application, or having passed a paralegal exam—don’t license you to provide legal services. You can’t claim authorization or hold yourself out as licensed, but those statuses don’t automatically permit practicing law.

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