which the principal office of the recipient is lo-
cated;
‘‘(ii) at least 60 percent of which consists
of attorneys who are members of the bar of a
State in which the legal assistance is to be pro-
vided, except that the Corporation—
‘‘(I) shall, upon application, grant
waivers of the requirements of this clause
for a legal services program, supported
under section 222(a)(3) of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964, which on the
date of the enactment of this title has a
majority of persons who are not attorneys
on its policymaking board, and
‘‘(II) may grant, pursuant to regula-
tions issued by the Corporation, a waiver
of the requirements of this clause for re-
cipients which, because of the nature of the
population they serve, are unable to comply
with such requirements; and
‘‘(iii) at least one-third of which consists of
persons who are, when selected, eligible clients
who may also be representatives of associations
or organizations of eligible clients; and
‘‘(B) any other recipient, grantee, or contractor
of the Corporation is governed by a body that meets
the requirements of subparagraph (A) or has estab-
lished a policy body, whose membership is selected
consistent with such requirements, to establish policy
with respect to the administration of any grant or
contract under this title.
Any attorney serving on a governing body or policy body
of a recipient, grantee, or contractor described in this
paragraph may not, while so serving, receive compensation
from such recipient, grantee, or contractor. Subparagraph
(A)(i) shall not be construed to prevent the governing body
of a bar association from appointing members of the gov-
erning or policy bodies of more than one recipient or other
grantee or contractor of the Corporation.
‘‘(2) Consistent with the provisions of this title, the
rules, regulations, guidelines, and instructions issued
under this title, and any other laws, each recipient or other
grantee or contractor of the Corporation, pursuant to the
direction and control of its governing or policy body, and
not the Corporation, shall determine all broad policies con-
cerning its provision of legal assistance and other activities
of the recipient, grantee, or contractor, including—
‘‘(A) financial eligibility criteria of clients rep-
resented, consistent with the guidelines established
pursuant to section 1007(a)(2);
‘‘(B) the services that the recipient, grantee, or
contractor will make available;
‘‘(C) the policies that will govern the fiscal, ad-
ministrative, and representational activities of the
recipient, grantee, or contractor, in compliance with
the provisions of this title and regulations issued
under this title, other applicable law, or require-
ments imposed by grantors of resources to the recip-
ient, grantee, or contractor;
‘‘(D) subject to the prohibitions contained in
this title, the priorities of the recipient, grantee, or
contractor for the use of all available resources, in-
cluding the policies regarding the types of cases or
matters attorneys, paralegal staff, and other staff
may undertake using such resources; and
‘‘(E) significant policy decisions concerning the
use of staff attorneys and other available and appro-
priate staff and nonstaff resources, including private
attorneys and others, to provide legal assistance to
eligible clients and to carry out activities relating to
the delivery of legal assistance.
‘‘(3) The governing or policy body of a recipient or
other grantee or contractor of the Corporation shall—
‘‘(A) not interfere with the lawyer-client rela-
tionship in the representation of specific clients by
the recipient, grantee, or contractor;
‘‘(B) comply with the legal and ethical require-
ments on conflicts of interest that apply in the juris-
diction where the recipient, grantee, or contractor is
located;
‘‘(C) not act on a case-by-case basis in setting
priorities, except that the governing or policy body
may reconsider priorities at any time for future ap-
plications for services in light of changing legal
needs of clients or in light of an emergency; and
‘‘(D) ensure that activities under this title are
carried out in a manner consistent with attorneys’
professional responsibilities to a client as established
in the rules of ethics and professional responsibility
that apply in the jurisdiction where the legal assist-
ance is provided.
‘‘(4) The Corporation shall not—
‘‘(A) interfere with the governing or policy bod-
ies described in paragraph (1) in their determina-
tions of the broad policy matters described in para-
graph (2);