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Alabama Rule 6.4 Law Reform Activities A lawyer may
serve as a director, officer or member of an organization involved in reform of
the law or its administration, 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 Rule 1.2(b). 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. |
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