; Legal Representation; and Adjudication of Unaccompanied Alien Children in the United States ; (B) the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct; and (C) any other source the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement considers appropriate. (2) Purpose of guidelines The guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall be designed to help protect each child from any individual suspected of involvement in any criminal, harmful, or exploitative activity associated with the smuggling or trafficking of children, while ensuring the fairness of the immigration proceeding in which the child is involved. (e) Duties of counsel The duties of counsel appointed or provided under this section shall include— (1) representing the unaccompanied alien child concerned— (A) in all proceedings and matters relating to the immigration status of the child and; (B) with respect to any other action involving the Department of Homeland Security; (2) appearing in person for each of the child's— (A) individual merits hearings and master calendar hearings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review; and (B) interviews involving the Department of Homeland Security; (3) owing the same duties of undivided loyalty, confidentiality, and competent representation to the child as is due to an adult client; (4) advocating for the child’s legal interests, as directed by the child’s express wishes; (5) in the case of a child who does not express the objectives of representation, or is found incompetent, referring the child for the appointment of an independent child advocate, as described in section 235(c)(6) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6) )