Rule 20-103 NMRA
Rule 20-103. Conduct prohibited.
A paralegal shall not:
A.
provide legal advice;
B.
represent a client in court except to the extent authorized by law;
C.
select, explain, draft, or recommend the use of any legal document to or
for any person other than the attorney who supervises the paralegal, unless the
supervising attorney or judge, in the case of paralegals employed by the courts, so
directs;
D.
engage in conduct that constitutes the unauthorized practice of law;
E.
contract with, or be employed by, a natural person other than an attorney
to perform paralegal services except to the extent authorized by law;
F.
in connection with providing paralegal services, induce a person to make
an investment, purchase a financial product or service or enter a transaction from which
income or profit, or both, purportedly may be derived;
G.
establish the fees to charge a client for the services the paralegal or the
attorney performs. Such fees shall be established by the attorney who supervises the
paralegal's work. This paragraph does not apply to fees charged by a paralegal in a
contract to provide paralegal services to an attorney, law firm, corporation,
governmental agency or other entity; or
H.
perform any services for a consumer except as performed under the
supervision of the attorney, law firm, corporation, government agency, or other entity
that employs or contracts with the paralegal. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a
paralegal who is employed by an attorney, law firm, governmental agency, or other
entity from providing services to a consumer served by one of these entities if those
services are expressly allowed by statute, case law, court rule or federal or state
administrative rule or regulation. As used in this paragraph, "consumer" means a natural
person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation or public
entity.