Rules of Court · Part 1 · New Jersey
RPC 6.5 New Jersey Rules of Court, RPC 6.5: Nonprofit and Court-Annexed Limited Legal Service Programs, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Nonprofit and Court-Annexed Limited Legal Service Programs
(a) A lawyer 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 lawyer or the client that the lawyer will provide continuing representation in the matter:
(1) is subject to RPC 1.7 and 1.9(a) only if the lawyer knows that the representation of the client involves a conflict of interest; and
(2) is subject to RPC 1.10 only if the lawyer knows that another lawyer associated with the lawyer in a law firm is disqualified by RPC 1.7 or 1.9(a) with respect to the matter.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2), RPC 1.10 is inapplicable to a representation governed by this RPC.
Note: Adopted November 17, 2003 to be effective January 1, 2004.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule RPC 6.5 "Nonprofit and Court-Annexed Limited Legal Service Programs" {
(a) A lawyer 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 lawyer or the client that the lawyer will provide continuing representation in the matter:
(1) is subject to RPC 1.7 and 1.9(a) only if the lawyer knows that the representation of the client involves a conflict of interest; and
(2) is subject to RPC 1.10 only if the lawyer knows that another lawyer associated with the lawyer in a law firm is disqualified by RPC 1.7 or 1.9(a) with respect to the matter.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2), RPC 1.10 is inapplicable to a representation governed by this RPC.
Note: Adopted November 17, 2003 to be effective January 1, 2004.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-10-20; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← RPC 6.4 · RPC 7.1 → · RPC · all rules
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