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    MAURICIO C. ULEP, Petitioner, v. THE LEGAL CLINIC, INC., Respondent

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    The document discusses the definition and scope of the practice of law. It states that practicing law includes giving legal advice, preparing legal documents, and representing clients in court. It also notes that conferring with clients, advising them on their legal rights, and then bringing their case to an attorney to handle in court still constitutes practicing law. The document then rules that the specific legal support services offered by the respondent company in this case qualify as practicing law, since some of those services involve advising clients.

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    MAURICIO C. ULEP, Petitioner, v. THE LEGAL CLINIC, INC., Respondent

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    The document discusses the definition and scope of the practice of law. It states that practicing law includes giving legal advice, preparing legal documents, and representing clients in court. It also notes that conferring with clients, advising them on their legal rights, and then bringing their case to an attorney to handle in court still constitutes practicing law. The document then rules that the specific legal support services offered by the respondent company in this case qualify as practicing law, since some of those services involve advising clients.

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    The document discusses the definition and scope of the practice of law. It states that practicing law includes giving legal advice, preparing legal documents, and representing clients in court. It also notes that conferring with clients, advising them on their legal rights, and then bringing their case to an attorney to handle in court still constitutes practicing law. The document then rules that the specific legal support services offered by the respondent company in this case qualify as practicing law, since some of those services involve advising clients.

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    MAURICIO C. ULEP, Petitioner, v. THE LEGAL CLINIC, INC., Respondent

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    The document discusses the definition and scope of the practice of law. It states that practicing law includes giving legal advice, preparing legal documents, and representing clients in court. It also notes that conferring with clients, advising them on their legal rights, and then bringing their case to an attorney to handle in court still constitutes practicing law. The document then rules that the specific legal support services offered by the respondent company in this case qualify as practicing law, since some of those services involve advising clients.

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    MAURICIO C. ULEP, Petitioner, v. THE LEGAL CLINIC, INC., Respondent.

    SYLLABUS

    1. LEGAL AND JUDICIAL ETHICS; PRACTICE OF LAW, MEANING AND EXTENT OF.
    — Practice of law means any activity, in or out of court, which requires the application of law,
    legal procedures, knowledge, training and experience. To engage in the practice of law is to
    perform those acts which are characteristic of the profession. Generally, to practice law is to give
    advice or render any kind of service that involves legal knowledge or skill. The practice of law is
    not limited to the conduct of cases in court. It includes legal advice and counsel, and the
    preparation of legal instruments and contracts by which legal rights are secured, although such
    matter may or may not be pending in a court. In the practice of his profession, a licensed attorney
    at law generally engages in three principal types of professional activity: legal advice and
    instructions to clients to inform them of their rights and obligations, preparation for clients of
    documents requiring knowledge of legal principles not possessed by ordinary layman, and
    appearance for clients before public tribunals which possess power and authority to determine
    rights of life, liberty, and property according to law, in order to assist in proper interpretation and
    enforcement of law. When a person participates in a trial and advertises himself as a lawyer, he
    is in the practice of law. One who confers with clients, advises them as to their legal rights and
    then takes the business to an attorney and asks the latter to look after the case in court, is also
    practicing law. Giving advice for compensation regarding the legal status and rights of another
    and the conduct with respect thereto constitutes a practice of law. One who renders an opinion as
    to the proper interpretation of a statute, and receives pay for it, is, to that extent, practicing law.

    2. ID.; ID.; LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES IN CASE AT BAR CONSTITUTE PRACTICE OF


    LAW. — The practice of law, therefore, covers a wide range of activities in and out of court.
    Applying the aforementioned criteria to the case at bar, we agree with the perceptive findings
    and observations of the aforestated bar associations that the activities of respondent, as
    advertised, constitute "practice of law." The contention of respondent that it merely offers legal
    support services can neither be seriously considered nor sustained. Said proposition is belied by
    respondent’s own description of the services it has been offering, to wit: . . . While some of the
    services being offered by respondent corporation merely involve mechanical and technical
    know-how, such as the installation of

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