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CLIENT PROTECTION

General Information

An important element of a lawyer's professional responsibility is to be responsive to the concerns and best interests of the client population through programs that serve to prevent or redress harm done in the practice of law or the rendering of legal services. This includes instances of direct, personal harm, such as the theft of client property by a lawyer as well as sometimes less obvious harm that can be caused by a person who renders legal services although not licensed as a lawyer in the jurisdiction.

Client Protection Rules Online
25th National Forum on Client Protection, Chicago, May 29-30, 2009
ABA Standing Committee on Client Protection
National Client Protection Organization
On February 12, 2007, the ABA House of Delegates unanimously adopted Revised Report 104 proposed by the Standing Committee on Client Protection. The resolution recommended the adoption of the ABA Model Court Rule on Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster. The proposed Model Court Rule addresses the provision of pro bono legal services by out-of state lawyers in a jurisdiction that has been devastated by a major disaster. It also addresses the issue of whether lawyers whose practices have been disrupted by a disaster can continue their law practices on a temporary basis in a jurisdiction in which they are not admitted to practice law.

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Compendium of Client Protection Rules, 2007 edition

The 2007 edition is a compilation of policies adopted by the American Bar Association for the protection of the profession's clients and the public. Includes: Model Rules for Lawyers' Funds for Client Protection; Model Rules for Trust Account Overdraft Notification; Model Rule on Financial Recordkeeping; Model Rule for Random Audit of Lawyer Trust Accounts; Model Rule for Payee Notification; Model Rules for Fee Arbitration; Model Rules for Mediation of Client-Lawyer Disputes; Guidelines for the Adoption of a Definition of the Practice of Law; Model Court Rule on Insurance Disclosure; and Model Court Rule on Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster.

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Client Protection Directories

Surveys

Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection

Unauthorized Practice of Law Committees

Fee Arbitation Programs

2008 Survey of Fee Arbitration Programs