Rule 371 Saving provision

Here's a plain English summary of this rule:

This rule protects things that non-lawyers were already allowed to do before these bar admission rules existed. It makes clear that the rules about who can practice law don't take away any rights people already had to perform certain tasks or services.

In simple terms, this is a safety net. If someone who isn't a licensed lawyer was legally allowed to do something before this set of rules was written, they can still do it. The bar admission rules aren't meant to create new restrictions on activities that were already permitted outside the practice of law.

This matters for people like paralegals, notaries, tax preparers, or other professionals who handle legal-adjacent tasks without being lawyers. As long as what they're doing was lawful before these rules came into effect, this rule confirms they can keep doing it. The bar admission rules focus on who can practice law itself, not on taking away other legal rights people already have.