Lawyers Advising Lawyers (“LAL”) is a free service offered to all members of The Florida Bar who may need advice in a specific area of law, procedure, or other legal issue. Currently, the program consists of over 800 attorney advisors who volunteer to assist other members of The Florida Bar in this program. Advice is offered in over 90 areas of law and procedure. Each LAL attorney advisor is required to have a minimum of five years of experience in their respective area of advice.
The inquiring attorney first identifies a legal issue that he or she needs advice. The inquiring attorney then contacts the LAL program to be matched with an attorney advisor.
The inquiring attorney can be matched with an attorney advisor through use of this website, by email , or by phone (1-800-342-8060 ext. 5675). If the inquiring attorney chooses to use this website, he or she will be required to provide his or her bar number. Next, the inquiring attorney should select the relevant area of law or procedure for advice. An automatic referral will then be generated with the contact information of an attorney advisor registered with the LAL program who has knowledge of the area o