This digest focuses on legal and ethical issues in supervision. Ethics call the supervisor to a standard of practice sanctioned by the profession while legal statutes define a point beyond which a supervisor may be liable. Several issues are considered, including competence of both the counselor and the supervisor. Dual relationships and therapeutic relationships are discussed, and it is noted that there has been greater divergence of opinion about what constitutes an inappropriate dual relationship between supervisor and counselor than between counselor and client. Finally, issues of informed consent, due process, confidentiality, and liability are addressed. The digest concludes that, as gatekeepers of the profession, supervisors must be diligent about their own and their supervisees' ethics. Contains 8 references. (NB)