JUDICIAL ETHICS AND REGULATION

Judicial Codes and Rules

Judicial Code Revision Project

The ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct brought its recommendation to amend the Code to the House of Delegates in February 2007. Their site tracks the history of the Commission's proposal and includes the comments that have been received during the process.

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Featured Publications

Reporters' Notes to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct
(January 2009)

This is an inside look at the analysis and decisions that were made by the Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct in framing its revisions to the text of the Model Code of Judicial Conduct-- for legal scholars interested in the thinking behind language changes made to the Model Code in 2007.

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Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Sixth Edition (August 2007)

The Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct is the ABA's definitive single-volume resource for information about lawyer ethics. This new edition incorporates all of the amendments the ABA made to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct through 2007, including changes to the rules on confidentiality, on prospective clients, on corporations as clients, on limited-scope representation agreements, on multijurisdictional practice, and on the lawyer's duties when confronted by a client's criminal or fraudulent activities.

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Model Code of Judicial Conduct, 2008 Edition
(July 2008)

The Model Code of Judicial Conduct is intended to establish standards for ethical conduct of judges, provide guidance to judges and candidates for judicial office and provide structure for regulating conduct through disciplinary agencies. It consists of broad statements called Canons with specific rules set forth in Sections under each Canon, a Terminology Section, an Application Section and Commentary. The text of the Canons and the Sections, including the Terminology and Application Sections, is authoritative.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 2008 Edition
(April 2008)

The 2008 Edition of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct will provide you with an up-to-date resource for information on lawyer ethics.

Centennial Edition
On August 27, 1908, at a meeting in Seattle, Washington, the American Bar Association adopted the Canons of Professional Ethics, the first set of model standards of ethical conduct for lawyers nationwide. In August 2008 the ABA marks a century of worldwide leadership in developing standards of professional conduct for the legal profession.