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Group Legal Services Association

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is a industry association of companies[1] that offer legal plans typically for basic legal needs at a monthly cost and discounts for complicated services typically they have exclusions such as not representing people who do crime.[2] typically they are for individuals, families, and small business. if offered by employers they typically prohibit employees from using them against their employers[3]

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NOLO Has criticized pre-paid legal plans for not being worth the money and only offering basic legal plans such as filing a will and talking on the phone.[4] other groups have criticised legal plan companies such as Legal Shield for Multi-Level Marketing[5]

Affiliation

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the GLSA is associated with the American Bar Association[6] and member groups are on a list for legal- plan companies[7] although not all pre-paid legal companies are on the list

References

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  1. ^ "Group Legal Services Association | Advancing access to quality legal services through legal services plans and industry collaboration". glsaonline.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  2. ^ "Legal Shield Exclusions" (PDF). Legal Shield. Retrieved November 21 1016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ^ "FAQs - Legal Resources". legalresources.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  4. ^ "Are prepaid legal service plans worth it? - Nolo.com". Nolo.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  5. ^ "FTC's Speech To The MLM Industry". Ethan Vanderbuilt. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  6. ^ "Standing Committee on Group and Prepaid Legal Services | Standing Committee / Group and Prepaid Legal Services". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  7. ^ "Legal Services Plan Directory | Group Legal Services Association". glsaonline.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
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