{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-1616.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 1616.3","heading":"Qualifications.","body":"A recipient shall establish qualifications for individual positions for attorneys providing legal assistance under the Act, that may include, among other relevant factors:\n(a) Academic training and performance;\n(b) The nature and extent of prior legal experience;\n(c) Knowledge and understanding of the legal problems and needs of the poor;\n(d) Prior working experience in the client community, or in other programs to aid the poor;\n(e) Ability to communicate with persons in the client community, including, in areas where significant numbers of eligible clients speak a language other than English as their principal language, ability to speak that language; and\n(f) Cultural similarity with the client community.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER XVI—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION","PART 1616—ATTORNEY HIRING"],"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":"dd82de4fa1a69f7935e710897be3ac3957ed6f183710588f05a0d1dcba5d53a7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-1616.2","next":"us/45-cfr-1616.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}