A lawyer shall not:

(a) practice law in a jurisdiction where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction; or

(b) assist a person who is not a member of the bar in the performance of activity that constitutes the unauthorized practice of law.

Comment to RPC 5.5

The Court has adopted ABA Model Rule 5.5 ("Unauthorized Practice of Law"). This rule was added to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct subsequent to the completion of the Debevoise Committee report; thus that committee neither reviewed this rule nor made any recommendation as to it. RPC 5.5 ("Restrictions on Right to Practice"), as contained in the Debevoise Committee report, is here renumbered, consistent with the ABA Model Rules, as RPC 5.6.

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