IN RE EDUCATION LAW CENTER, INC.


86 N.J. 124 (1981)

429 A.2d 1051

IN THE MATTER OF EDUCATION LAW CENTER, INC., APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Lorell argued the cause for appellant (Clapp & Eisenberg, attorneys).

C. Michael Bryce, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate (Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Advocate, attorney; Arthur Penn, Assistant Commissioner, and C. Michael Bryce, on the brief).

Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General (Judith A. Yaskin, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Gilbert S. Leeds argued the cause for respondent Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law (Richard J. Engelhardt, Secretary).

Frank Askin submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, and Center for Constitutional Rights (Frank Askin, attorney; Elizabeth M. Schneider, Charles Sims, Bruce J. Ennis, members of the New York bar, and Morton Stavis, of counsel).

Waldron Kraemer submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Council for Public Interest Law, Center for Law and Social Policy, Center for Public Representation, Inc., Children's Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Inc., Institute for Public Representation, Mental Health Law Project, National Health Law Program, National Housing Law Project, National Veterans Law Center, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Women's Law Project, and Women's Legal Defense Fund (Kasen & Kraemer, attorneys; David B. Isbell, Fred D. Hutchison and William M. Paul, members of the District of Columbia bar, of counsel).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by PASHMAN, J.

R. 1:21-1(c) generally prohibits corporations from practicing law in this State.1 In this case we must decide whether this rule applies to a non-profit corporation operating for charitable and benevolent purposes which, as part of its activities, maintains a staff of full-time attorneys to represent private parties without charge in litigation affecting the public interest.<...

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