[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1604.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER XVI--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

PART 1604_OUTSIDE PRACTICE OF LAW--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1604.1  Purpose.









Sec.

1604.1 Purpose.

1604.2 Definitions.

1604.3 General policy.

1604.4 Permissible outside practice.

1604.5 Compensation.

1604.6 Use of recipient resources.

1604.7 Court appointments.



    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996e(b)(3), 2996e(d)(6), 2996f(a)(4), 

2996g(e).



    Source: 68 FR 67377, Dec. 2, 2003, unless otherwise noted.





    This part is intended to provide guidance to recipients in adopting 

written policies relating to the outside practice of law by recipients' 

full-time attorneys. Under the standards set forth in this part, 

recipients are authorized, but not required, to permit attorneys, to the 

extent that such activities do not hinder fulfillment of their 

overriding responsibility to serve those eligible for assistance under 

the Act, to engage in pro bono legal assistance and comply with the 

reasonable demands made upon them as members of the Bar and as officers 

of the Court.