(a) Case files. The material contained in legal assistance case files is necessarily limited to private unofficial matters and such material is privileged and protected under the attorney-client relationship. Each legal assistance office should therefore maintain only such files as are necessary for the proper operation of the office.
(b) [Reserved] [38 FR 6026, Mar. 6, 1973, as amended at 43 FR 17355, Apr. 24, 1978]