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Over Professional Conduct provides, “A avoid making what may be a very the past year, I have learned what lawyer may limit the scope of a new or costly and devastating mistake. “unbundling” involves, and how many existing representation if the limitation lawyers and judges are not familiar is reasonable under the circumstances What is the reaction with the concept. In use, it can be a and communicated to the client, from the courts? great financial resource for lawyers preferably in writing.” However, as Interestingly, every judge I have talked while increasing access to legal services a word of caution, neither this rule to is in favor of unbundling once the for those litigants who choose to nor any other rule defines what is concept is explained to them. Many represent themselves. At the same “reasonable under the circumstances.” judges have told me they weren’t aware time, trial courts avoid having pro se One of the recommendations from of unbundling and have not seen it used litigants try to handle complex legal the Task Force Report on Access in their courts. When we discuss the issues that often delay proceedings. to Justice is to ask the Board of concept, the judges start talking about Professional Conduct to provide how unbundling could really help their What are unbundled comments or guidance that address dockets. Judges tell me more and more legal services? common questions about when a lawyer folks are proceeding pro se, and when a When a client hires a lawyer, it is may provide limited representation.