The Legal & Ethics Committee is empowered to deal with any legal matters within the scope of the Association. The powers and duties of the Legal Committee are to provide legal expertise to the association and its members and to give recommendations regarding legal matters whenever needed.

The committee has an important role to play in ensuring that ethical standards are maintained by the members.The committee will also analyse complaints received from any member and conduct reviews regarding ethical, moral or financial violations, if any. It will give its recommendations to the UPOA Secretary who will then place those before the Executive Committee and the GBM.