---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1616.3"
title: "45"
number: "1616.3"
heading: "Qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1616.3"
---

# §1616.3. Qualifications.


A recipient shall establish qualifications for individual positions for attorneys providing legal assistance under the Act, that may include, among other relevant factors:

- (a) Academic training and performance;
- (b) The nature and extent of prior legal experience;
- (c) Knowledge and understanding of the legal problems and needs of the poor;
- (d) Prior working experience in the client community, or in other programs to aid the poor;
- (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
- (f) **Cultural similarity with the client community.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1007(a)(8); 1006(b)(6); 1006(b)(4); (42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(8); 2996e(b)(6); 2996e(b)(4)).

### Source

Source: 41 FR 38509, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted.