Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA)
Section 34. Paralegal services; lawyer's responsibility. - A paralegal is one who performs "tasks that require familiarity with legal concepts, employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity for non-diagnostic and non advisory work in relation to legal matters delegated by such lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity. A lawyer must direct or.supervise a paralegal in the performance of the latter's delegated duties. The lawyer's duty of confidentiality shall also extend to the services rendered by the paralegal, who is equally bound to keep the privilege.