The Unauthorized Practice of Law Subcommittee of the Board on Professional

Responsibility. (a) Composition, powers and duties. The composition of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Subcommittee of the Board on Professional Responsibility shall be set forth in Supreme Court Rule 62. Subject to the approval of the Court, the Subcommittee shall (1) have the power to take testimony under oath, and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents by the filing of a praecipe for a subpoena with the Clerk of the Supreme Court, service of such subpoena to be made by the Sheriff of Kent County; (2) conduct such investigations and hearings as may be necessary respecting any questions of the unauthorized practice of law, to make findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding the same, to make recommendations to the Court as to the disposition of individual matters, and to file its report of such findings with the Court in a timely manner; and (3) assess and require the payment of the Subcommittee’s reasonable costs and expenses by any person or organization found by the Court to be engaging in the unauthorized practice of law, or attendant to any investigation or hearing which results in a cessation of the unauthorized practice of law or an Order of this Court directing the same. (b) Advisory opinions. The Subcommittee shall not render advisory opinions on the unauthorized practice of law.