Rule 7.5 - Permissible law-student intern activitiesAny law-student intern with the knowledge and approval of a supervising lawyer and the client may also engage in the following activities:
(1) Counsel and advise clients, interview and investigate witnesses, negotiate the settlement of claims, pursue or oppose relief by procedural motion, as well as prepare and draft legal instruments, pleadings, briefs, abstracts and other documents. Any document requiring signature of counsel, and any settlement or compromise of a claim, however, must be signed by the supervising lawyer; and(2) Render assistance to clients who are inmates of penal institutions or other clients who request such assistance in preparing applications and supporting documents for post-conviction legal remedies.Renumbered September 1984; amended July 27, 2023, effective 7/27/2023.