Lately there has been an increase of non-lawyers immigration law forums (referred in this article as ‘forums’) discussing about immigration and other legal matters. Many serve educational purposes, however, many of them are owned, maintained and moderated by -lawyers and ultimately might be wrongly advising readers and members. The Department of Homeland Security is making a huge effort to crack down on “notarios”, and other so called immigration consultants and unfortunately on the web, such ‘forums’ enable the non-lawyers to prosper and even hurt numerous people. In this article, I have tried to compile few reasons why someone should avoid relying and even putting private information on such forums.
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Do not use non lawyer forums for your legal advice
by Shah N. Peerally on Mar. 10, 2013
Summary
Relying on non-lawyer forums can be devastating unless the forum is being moderated by a lawyer. This article covers the issues related to this issue.