Creating better opportunities for lawyers or restricting their ability to practice? That, in a nutshell, is the debate surrounding the proposed creation of a certification program for residential real estate practitioners.

Attorneys who obtain certification would be able to hold themselves out as specialists, in advertising to the general public. Ads touting non-certified lawyers as experts in a particular field violate attorney ethics rules.

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