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IN RE ADVISORY OPINION NO. 544 OF N.J. SUP. COURT

103 N.J. 399 (1986)

511 A.2d 609

IN RE ADVISORY OPINION NO. 544 OF THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecelia Urban argued the cause for appellant Community Health Law Project (Harold B. Garwin, Executive Director, attorney).

Carol L. Widemon, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (W. Cary Edwards, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; James J. Ciancia, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Susan R. Oxford, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Legal Services of New Jersey (Melville D. Miller, Jr., attorney, Melville D. Miller, Jr., and Joseph Harris David, Senior Attorney, on the brief).

Richard E. Shapiro, Director, Division of Public Interest Advocacy, argued the cause for amicus curiae, New Jersey Department of Public Advocate (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Advocate, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.

We are called to consider in this case the application of attorney-client protections to the relationship between a public legal services organization and the individuals whom it assists. The issue posed is whether certain information relating to the clients of a legal services organization, which provides legal assistance to mentally impaired or disabled and indigent...

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