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MRPC Rule 6.4
Law Reform Activities Affecting Client Interests
A lawyer may serve as a director, officer, or member of an organization involved in reform of
the law or administration of the law notwithstanding that the reform may affect the interests of a
client of the lawyer. When the lawyer knows that the interests of a client may be materially
benefitted by a decision in which the lawyer participates, the lawyer shall disclose that fact but
need not identify the client.
Lawyers involved in organizations seeking law reform generally do not have a client-lawyer
relationship with the organization. Otherwise, it might follow that a lawyer could not be
involved in a bar association law reform program that might indirectly affect a client. See also
the comment to Rule 1.2. For example, a lawyer specializing in antitrust litigation might be
regarded as disqualified from participating in drafting revisions of rules governing that subject.
In determining the nature and scope of participation in such activities, a lawyer should be
mindful of obligations to clients under other rules, particularly Rule 1.7. A lawyer is
professionally obligated to protect the integrity of the program by making an appropriate
disclosure within the organization when the lawyer knows a private client might be materially
benefitted.
Provenance
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- www.adbmich.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-29
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