{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-1604.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 1604.4","heading":"Permissible outside practice.","body":"A recipient's written policies may permit a full-time attorney to engage in a specific case or matter that constitutes the outside practice of law if:\n(a) The director of the recipient or the director's designee determines that representation in such case or matter is consistent with the attorney's responsibilities to the recipient's clients;\n(b) Except as provided in § 1604.7, the attorney does not intentionally identify the case or matter with the Corporation or the recipient; and\n(c) The attorney is—\n(1) Newly employed and has a professional responsibility to close cases from a previous law practice, and does so on the attorney's own time as expeditiously as possible; or\n(2) Acting on behalf of him or herself, a close friend, family member or another member of the recipient's staff; or\n(3) Acting on behalf of a religious, community, or charitable group; or\n(4) Participating in a voluntary pro bono or legal referral program affiliated with or sponsored by a bar association, other legal organization or religious, community or charitable group.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER XVI—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION","PART 1604—OUTSIDE PRACTICE OF LAW"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"c479946f4df5a311c304bcdaf2ecd5d9ed4382cd2fd6c269d560b7b1848108ad","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-1604.3","next":"us/45-cfr-1604.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}