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It's somewhat interesting to use the disclaimer that one isn't a lawyer in a paragraph stating that such disclaimers are invalid.

In my experience, people generally believe that stating one isn't a doctor or lawyer protects against an accusation of practicing without a license.



> In my experience, people generally believe that stating one isn't a doctor or lawyer protects against an accusation of practicing without a license.

I can't believe you that as a lawyer you would claim that!


There's a difference, in that discussing the law and the implications of it are things we expect people to do constantly and not just by lawyers. For instance, I'm sure a lot of discussions in Wall Street around the contract Musk signed for Twitter were done by non-lawyers.

I do not think that such a disclaimer would help if we were talking about your, djoldman's, plea bargain negotiations.




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