You are a paralegal who owns a successful legal services firm that employs two paralegal associates, one law clerk, and one receptionist. You also routinely supervise a field placement student from the local college at your firm. Which of the following statements regarding the duty of confidentiality owed to the clients of your firm is TRUE?
(a) You, your employees and the field placement students you supervise owe a duty of confidentiality to all of the clients of your firm
(b) Your employees and field placement students owe a duty of confidentiality to the clients whose matters they complete work on, but not the clients whose matters they don’t work on
(c) You, and your employees owe a duty of confidentiality to the clients of your firm, but not the field placement students you supervise
(d) You and the field placement students you supervise owe a duty of confidentiality to the clients of your firm, but not your employees
Authority: Text pp. 132-33; Paralegal Rules of Conduct Rule 3.03; Paralegal Professional Conduct Guidelines Guideline 8