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Ind. Prof. Cond. Rule 6.3
Membership in Legal Service Organization
Effective January 1, 1996
A lawyer may serve as a director, officer or member of a legal services organization, apart
from the law firm in which the lawyer practices, notwithstanding that the organization serves
persons having interests adverse to a client of the lawyer. The lawyer shall not knowingly participate in a decision or action of the organization:
(a) if participating in the decision or action would be incompatible with the lawyer's oblig-
ations to a client under Rule 1.7; or
(b) where the decision or action could have a material adverse effect on the representation of
a client of the organization whose interests are adverse to a client of the lawyer.
Comment
[1] Lawyers should be encouraged to support and participate in legal service organizations. A lawyer who is an officer or a member of such an organization does not thereby
have a client-lawyer relationship with persons served by the organization. However, there
is potential conflict between the interests of such persons and the interests of the lawyer's
clients. If the possibility of such conflict disqualified a lawyer from serving on the board of
a legal services organization, the profession's involvement in such organizations would
be severely curtailed.
[2] It may be necessary in appropriate cases to reassure a client of the organization that
the representation will not be affected by conflicting loyalties of a member of the board.
Established, written policies in this respect can enhance the credibility of such assur-
ances.
Provenance
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- 2026-10-02
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