Rule LLLT RPC 6.5 - NONPROFIT AND COURT-ANNEXED LIMITED LEGAL SERVICE PROGRAMS(a) An LLLT who, under the auspices of a program sponsored by a nonprofit organization or court, provides short-term limited legal services to a client without expectation by either the LLLT or the client that the LLLT will provide continuing representation in the matter and without expectation that the LLLT will receive a fee from the client for the services provided: (1) is subject to Rules 1.7, 1.9(a), and 1.18(c) only if the LLLT knows that the representation of the client involves a conflict of interest, except that those Rules shall not prohibit an LLLT from providing limited legal services sufficient only to determine eligibility of the client for assistance by the program and to make an appropriate referral of the client to another program;(2) is subject to Rule 1.10 only if the LLLT knows that another LLLT or lawyer associated with the LLLT in a firm is disqualified by Rule 1.7 or 1.9(a), or by Lawyer RPC 1.7 or 1.9(a), with respect to the matter; and(3) notwithstanding paragraph (1) and (2), is not subject to Rules 1.7, 1.9(a), 1.10, or 1.18(c) in providing limited legal services within the authorized scope of the LLLT's practice to a client if: (i) any program LLLTs or lawyers representing the opposing clients are screened by effective means from information relating to the representation of the opposing client;(ii) each client is notified of the conflict and the screening mechanism used to prohibit dissemination of information relating to the representation; and(iii) the program is able to demonstrate by convincing evidence that no material information relating to the representation of the opposing client was transmitted by the personally disqualified LLLTs or lawyers to the LLLT representing the conflicting client before implementation of the screening mechanism and notice to the opposing client.(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2), Rule 1.10 is inapplicable to a representation governed by this Rule.Wash. Admi. And. Prac. R. LLLT RPC 6.5
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[1] This Rule was adapted from Lawyer RPC 6.5 with no substantive changes except to reflect that LLLTs and lawyers may practice in the same firm and to reflect the authorized scope of an LLLT's practice. It applies to LLLTs and to firms in which both LLLTs and lawyers are associated analogously.