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Do-It-Yourself Law Can Lead to Disaster

By Steven Rodriguez

Our troubled economy has everybody pinching pennies. In an effort to save money, people are cutting corners everywhere they can. They’re either going without or trying to do it themselves. And while you might be able to struggle through a simple plumbing problem with the help of a do-it-yourself book and a few visits to Home Depot, do-it-yourself law can lead to disaster. The number of people serving as their own lawyers is on the rise across the country. Divorce and small claims have always had their share of do-it-yourself die-hards. When money was tight and the stakes weren’t that high, people would go on the Internet, download a sheaf of paperwork and file it themselves. Despite their lack of legal knowledge, they’d risk pleading their case directly to the judge in the effort to save a few bucks...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).