This seem far too conservative to me. I think the advice from Molly (Open Phil’s lawyer) will likely be substantially better than the advice by random people trying to find their own lawyer (but not having much experience with choosing a good lawyer), even without access to context. Separately, law is not a magical magisterium, and “legal advice” is not a natural category. Many parts of law can be understood to a totally sufficient degree by laymen, and can be explained to each other, and indeed is often superior to talking to lawyer who are often notoriously bad at communicating certain aspects of the law (like the likelihood of enforcement of various laws).
This seem far too conservative to me. I think the advice from Molly (Open Phil’s lawyer) will likely be substantially better than the advice by random people trying to find their own lawyer (but not having much experience with choosing a good lawyer), even without access to context. Separately, law is not a magical magisterium, and “legal advice” is not a natural category. Many parts of law can be understood to a totally sufficient degree by laymen, and can be explained to each other, and indeed is often superior to talking to lawyer who are often notoriously bad at communicating certain aspects of the law (like the likelihood of enforcement of various laws).