Sec. 961.303. LIMITATIONS ON CORPORATION'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ATTORNEYS AND PARTICIPANTS. (a) A nonprofit legal services corporation may not: (1) contract to practice law; or (2) control or attempt to control the relationship existing between a participant and the participant's attorney. (b) The corporation may act only as an agent on behalf of its participants for legal services and, except as provided by Section 961.254 , those services may be provided only by and through contracting attorneys. A contracting attorney must be an independent contractor maintaining a direct lawyer and client relationship with a participant and may not be an employee of the corporation.
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