I want to know that what is Massachusetts Bar Association MBA Ethics Opinions No. 98-1 so give me its details.

[Vishal Kotkar]

Here is information about Massachusetts Bar Association MBA Ethics Opinions No. 98-1:

Summary: An attorney may provide limited background advice and counseling to pro se litigants. However, providing more extensive services, such as drafting ("ghostwriting") litigation documents, especially pleadings, would usually be misleading to the court and other parties, and therefore would be prohibited.


Facts: A lawyer inquires about "unbundling" or "discrete task representation," particularly by using an agreement under which the client contracts for specific legal services that the lawyer will perform while the client represents herself pro se in the litigation.

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