LSPs granted with Level 1 certification are allowed to carry out legal activities such as conducting interview of prospective client, giving legal advice, negotiating for and on behalf of the client, drafting legal documents such as affidavits, compromise agreements, contracts, demand letter, position papers, and the like, representing eligible parties before quasi-judicial or administrative bodies, providing public legal orientation, and assisting in public interest advocacies for policy formulation and implementation.
On the other hand, LSPs accredited under Level 2 certification are permitted to perform, on top of those allowed under Level 1 certification, legal activities such as to assist in the taking of depositions and/or preparing judicial affidavits of witnesses, appear on behalf of the client at any stage of the proceedings or trial, before any court, quasi-judicial or administrative body, in criminal cases, subject to the provisions of Section 5, Rule 110 of the Rules of Court, appear on behalf of a government agency in the prosecution of criminal actions, and in appealed cases, and to prepare the pleadings required in the case.
A Supervising Lawyer shall personally appear with the LSP in all cases pending before the second-level courts, whenever his presence is required by the judge in first-level courts and in all other cases when the Supervising Lawyer determines that his or her presence is required. In all activities undertaken by the LSP, a review by the supervising lawyer of the work done by the student is mandatory.
The Supervising Lawyers are: