ORPC 5.3 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants

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ORPC 5.3 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants is a provision of the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct that governs a lawyer’s duties to supervise and ensure the ethical conduct of nonlawyer staff and assistants involved in providing legal services.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oregon legal ethics rule ⓘ
rule of professional conduct ⓘ
addresses training of nonlawyer assistants in ethics and confidentiality ⓘ
vicarious responsibility of lawyers for nonlawyer misconduct ⓘ
aimsToPrevent ethical violations by nonlawyer staff ⓘ
aimsToProtect clients receiving legal services ⓘ
confidentiality of client information ⓘ
appliesIn government law offices ⓘ
in-house legal departments ⓘ
law firms ⓘ
legal aid organizations ⓘ
appliesTo lawyers licensed in Oregon ⓘ
basisFor disciplinary responsibility of a lawyer for certain acts of nonlawyer assistants ⓘ
concerns delegation of tasks to nonlawyers ⓘ
ethical responsibilities of lawyers for acts of nonlawyer assistants ⓘ
responsibility for nonlawyer conduct that would violate the rules if engaged in by a lawyer ⓘ
covers investigators ⓘ
law firm administrative staff involved in client matters ⓘ
legal secretaries ⓘ
outsourced nonlawyer services used by a lawyer ⓘ
paralegals ⓘ
enforcedBy Oregon State Bar disciplinary system ⓘ
governs conduct of nonlawyer assistants when they are directed by a lawyer ⓘ
lawyer’s use of nonlawyer assistants in client representation ⓘ
imposesDutyOn lawyers with direct supervisory authority over nonlawyers ⓘ
lawyers with managerial authority ⓘ
partners in a law firm ⓘ
influencedBy ABA Model Rule 5.3 ⓘ
jurisdiction Oregon ⓘ
legalField legal ethics ⓘ
professional responsibility ⓘ
objective to maintain professional standards in the delivery of legal services involving nonlawyers ⓘ
partOf Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct ⓘ
purpose to ensure that nonlawyer assistants act in a manner compatible with the professional obligations of the lawyer ⓘ
regulates supervision of nonlawyer assistants ⓘ
use of nonlawyer staff in providing legal services ⓘ
relatedTo ORPC 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers ⓘ
ORPC 5.5 Unauthorized Practice of Law ⓘ
requires establishment of internal policies and procedures for nonlawyer staff ⓘ
instruction of nonlawyer assistants regarding applicable ethical obligations ⓘ
monitoring of nonlawyer assistants’ work ⓘ
reasonable efforts to ensure that nonlawyer assistants’ conduct is compatible with the lawyer’s professional obligations ⓘ
reasonable measures to ensure that nonlawyer conduct is compatible with the lawyer’s obligations ⓘ
supervision of nonlawyer assistants ⓘ
source Oregon State Bar ⓘ

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Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct → hasPart → ORPC 5.3 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants ⓘ
ORPC 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers → relatedTo → ORPC 5.3 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants ⓘ