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An Act To Increase Access to Justice and Maine's Rural Lawyer Workforce by Expanding Student Attorney Practice Opportunities
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶S, as affected by PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 and amended by c. 449, §2, is further amended to read:
 
S. An individual who is the sole member of a limited liability company or is a member of a limited liability company that is owned by a married couple, registered domestic partners or an individual and that individual's issue as defined in Title 18-C, section 1-201, subsection 27 who is not an attorney but is appearing for that company in an action for forcible entry and detainer pursuant to Title 14, chapter 709; or
Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶T, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 449, §3, is amended to read:
 
T. A marine patrol officer who is not an attorney but is representing the Department of Marine Resources in a libel proceeding before a District Court under Title 12, section 6207.; or
Sec. 3.  4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶U  is enacted to read:
 
U.  Practice, pursuant to a rule of the Supreme Judicial Court, by a law student enrolled in a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
Sec. 4. 4 MRSA §807, last ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 755, is repealed.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 129th Legislature, Second Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.