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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 14

Citation
Section 14
Parent Document
Darmetko v. Boston Housing Authority, 393 N.E.2d 395 (1979)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1979-08-14

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There is nothing in S.J.C. Rule 3:11 (366 Mass. 867 [1975]) that bars a legal services organization employing a law student from receiving a statutorily authorized fee. The prohibition against a law student’s receiving compensation was originally included in rule 3:11 to assure that no law student representing an indigent criminal defendant could receive compensation from public funds. That reference to service "without compensation” has been preserved in the course of subsequent, expansive amendments of rule 3:11. *765