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States

Nationwide

• The ABA has a Web site that offers information regarding Hiring a Lawyer, Lawyer Referral Services, Pro Bono and Legal Aid Programs, Self Help and Legal Information Resources.
• The Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements is now posted.
• Ethics 2000 Review Status Chart, including status of review and links to committee reports
• Federal and State Courts
• State Implementation of ABA MJP Recommendations
• State Bar Lawyer Mentoring Program
• State and Local Bar Associations
• List of Professionalism Codes
• Professionalism Commissions and Centers
• Directory of State Lawyer Assistance Programs
• Judicial Family Institute

Alabama

• Alabama Ethics Opinions
• Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics
• Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct
• Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission Advisory Opinions since 1976

Alaska

• Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct
• Adopted Ethics Opinions
• Code of Judicial Conduct
• Advisory Opinions regarding judicial conduct starting from 1997.
• Alaska Bar Association Ethics Hotline information.

Arizona

• Code of Judicial Conduct
• Searchable Formal Ethics Opinions from 1985 to the present
• Arizona Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions since 1976
• The Rules of Professional Conduct Committee provides both formal and informal written ethics opinions to assist members of the State Bar as well as telephone advice.
• Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct

Arkansas

• Procedures of the Arkansas Supreme Court Regulating Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law
• Revised Rules of Professional Conduct, effective 5/1/05
• Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct
• Arkansas Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee - Summaries of the advisory opinions since 1991 and a topical index
• Arkansas Bar Association Professional Ethics and Grievance Committee will issue an advisory opinion on a bar memer's proposed conduct. There is an administrative charge of $50
• Ethics Advisory Opinions of the Arkansas Bar Association

California

• California Rules of Professional Conduct The Rules of Professional Conduct at the State Bar of California's web site.
• California Ethics Opinions Includes the full text of the ethics opinions issued by the State Bar of California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) between 1988 to the present. COPRAC plans to add the opinions issued since its inception in 1965 in the near future
• State Bar of California Hotliner
• Los Angeles County Bar Association Ethics Opinions starting from April 1994 (#476)
• San Diego County Bar Association Formal Legal Ethics Opinions
• San Diego County Bar Association Ethics Hotline
• California Code of Judicial Ethics
• State Bar of California Ethics Hotline, a confidential research service for attorneys only, helps lawyers identify and analyze their professional responsibilities

Colorado

• Revised Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct (effective January 1, 2008)
• Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct are available at the Colorado Bar Association's web site.
• The Colorado Bar Association's Ethics Committee has lots of other useful information, including Formal Opinions Subject Index, and Formal Opinions Numbered Index (full text, since 1996)
• Colorado Bar Association Ethics Hotline

Connecticut

• The Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct and the Connecticut Code of Judicial Conduct are offered in the Official Connecticut Practice Book

Delaware

• Delaware Rules of Professional Conduct
• Delaware State Bar Association Ethics Opinions starting from 1989.
• Delaware Judges' Code of Judicial Conduct
• Delaware Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions since 1985

District of Columbia

• District of Columbia Code of Judicial Conduct
• District of Columbia revised Rules of Professional Conduct
• Ethics Opinions issued by the D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee interpreting the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct
• District of Columbia Bar informal ethics advice

Florida

• Florida Rules of Professional Conduct
• Florida Advertising Regulation and Information
• Florida Unauthorized Practice of Law Information
• Florida Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions
• Ethics Information page of the Florida Bar's Web Site has listing of ethics opinions, which includes a subject index. It also has information abut the Florida Bar Ethics Hotline and procedures for receiving rulings on questions of ethics
• Chapter 17 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar authorizes attorneys licensed to practice in jurisdictions other than Florida to undertake certain activities in Florida while exclusively employed by a business organization without the requirement of taking the bar examination. The Florida Bar's web page has a listing of in house counsel so certified, as well as the application to be become certified.
• Florida Code of Judicial Conduct
• Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions
• sunEthics - hosted by Appalachian School of Law
• Center for Ethics and Public Service - University of Miami School of Law

Georgia

• Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct are available at Georgia Bar Association's web site, as are the Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board, the Formal Advisory Opinions issued by the Georgia Supreme Court, and the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct
• Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission Opinions
• The Office of the General Counsel operates a Lawyer Helpline for members of the State Bar of Georgia who are faced with dilemmas involving ethics issues

Hawaii

• Hawaii Supreme Court Disciplinary Board Opinions
• Hawaii Rules of Professional Conduct
• Hawaii Code of Judicial Conduct

Idaho

• Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct
  
• Idaho Code of Judicial Conduct

Illinois

• Illinois State Bar Association Ethics Opinions
• Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct
• Illinois Judicial Ethics Opinions since 1993
• Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct
• Illinois State Bar Association attorneys field queries from ISBA members
• The Illinois Supreme Court Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission runs an Ethics Inquiry Program to provide research assistance and guidance regarding ethics issues and the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct

Indiana

• Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct (amended January 1, 2005)
• Indiana State Bar Association Legal Ethics Committee Advisory Opinions
• Indiana State Bar Association Legal Ethics Telephone Advisory Panel
• Indiana Code of Judicial Conduct
• Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications Advisory Opinions

Iowa

• Iowa Ethics Opinions
• Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct
• Iowa Code of Judicial Conduct

Kansas

• Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct
• Kansas Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions
• Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct
• Kansas Ethics Opinions available online only to members of the Kansas Bar Association

Kentucky

• Kentucky Ethics Opinions
• Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct
• Kentucky Code of Judicial Conduct
• Kentucky Judicial Ethics Opinions
• Kentucky Bar Association (see Ethics Hotline Committee under Law and Ethics)

Louisiana

• Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct
• Louisiana Ethics Advisory Service and Opinions
• Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct

Maine

• Maine Code of Professional Responsibility
• Professional Ethics Opinions
• Maine Code of Judicial Conduct

Maryland

• Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct
• Maryland Ethics Opinions available online only to members of the Maryland State Bar Association
• State Bar of Maryland Ethics Hotline

Massachusetts

• Boston Bar Association Ethics Committee Opinions
• Massachusetts: Lawyer Discipline The Massachusetts Office of Bar Counsel and Board of Bar Overseers established the Web Site, Lawyer Discipline in Massachusetts, offering the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct, the Supreme Judicial Court Rules Governing Bar Discipline, the Rules of the Board of Bar Overseers.
• Massachusetts Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions since 1989
• Massachusetts Code of Judicial Conduct
• Massachusetts Bar Association Ethics Opinions

Michigan

• Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct are both available at the State Bar of Michigan's web site
• Ethics Opinions are also available at the State Bar of Michigan's web site, although newcomers to the Michigan system are advised to click on "common citations" before reviewing the ethics opinions
• Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Advisory Opinions 1968 through 1988
• Table of Opinions interpreting Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct
• Table of Opinions interpreting Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
• State Bar of Michigan Ethics Helpline, reserved for lawyers only

Minnesota

• Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct
• Minnesota Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility and Minnesota Opinions of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board are both offered on the Minnesota Court System's web page (in the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board subdirectory)
• Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct
• Opinions of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board

Mississippi

• The Mississippi Bar offers a whole host of ethics and professionalism information at its web site from Mississippi Ethics Opinions to Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct
• Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct

Missouri

• Informal Advisory Opinions
• Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct
• Missouri Code of Judicial Conduct
• Missouri Supreme Court Advisory Committee Legal Ethics Counsel
  

Montana

• Montana Rules of Professional Conduct
• Montana Ethics Opinions
• The State Bar of Montana's web site also offers several other useful items, including Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement
• Montana Canons of Judicial Ethics

Nebraska

• Nebraska Rules of Professional Conduct
• Nebraska Ethics Opinions
• Nebraska Judicial Ethics Committee Opinions
• Nebraska Code of Judicial Conduct

Nevada

• Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct
• Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct
• State Bar of Nevada Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct Formal Ethics Opinions
• State Bar of Nevada Ethics Hotline
• Nevada Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices - Opinions since 1998

New Hampshire

• Revised New Hampshire Rules of Professional Conduct, effective 1/1/08
• New Hampshire Ethics Opinions
• The New Hampshire courts web site contains the New Hampshire Rules of Professional Conduct
• New Hampshire Code of Judicial Conduct

New Jersey

• New Jersey Rules of Profesional Conduct
• Rutgers Law School - Camden provides Opinions of the New Jersey Supreme Court's Ethics Committee
• New Jersey Code of Judicial Conduct
• New Jersey Ethics Support Committee
• New Jersey Judiciary Ethics Telephone Research Hotline

New Mexico

• Lawyer's Creed of Professionalism of the State Bar of New Mexico
• New Mexico Rules of Professional Conduct
• New Mexico Advisory Ethics Opinions Summaries from 1983 - present.
• New Mexico Code of Judicial Conduct

New York

• New York Lawyer's Code of Professional Responsibility
• New York Code of Judical Conduct
• New York Ethics Opinions Ethics Opinions, starting from no. 622, issued by the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics
• The Report on Uncivil Conduct in Depositions is also available
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethic Formal Opinions starting from 1986 (#1986-7)
• The New York County Lawyers' Association Ethics Opinions
• Statement of Client Rights and Responsibilities adopted by the Administrative Board of the Courts
• Ethics Opinions of the Nassau County Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics
• The Suffolk County Bar Association Ethics Opinions
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York Ethics Hotline
• Women's Bar Association of the State of New York Ethics Hotline

North Carolina

• North Carolina Ethics Opinions Contains both Final and Proposed Ethics Opinions of
  the Ethics Committee of the North Carolina State Bar as adopted by the State Bar Council
• North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct
• North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct

North Dakota

• North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct
• North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct
• North Dakota Rules for Lawyer Discipline
• State Bar Association of North Dakota Ethics Committee Opinions

Ohio

• Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct (effective Feb. 1, 2007)
• Ohio Supreme Court Advisory Opinions
• Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct

Oklahoma

• Revised Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct (effective January 1, 2008)
• The Legal Ethics Advisory Panel of the Oklahoma Bar Association prepares Advisory Opinions
• Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct (Appendix 3-A)
• Oklahoma Code of Judicial Conduct (Appendix 4)
• Oklahoma Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions
• Oklahoma Office of the General Counsel Ethics Hotline

Oregon

• Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct (approved Oct. 16, 2004, effective Jan. 1, 2005)
• Oregon State Bar Ethics Opinion Library
• Oregon Code of Judicial Conduct
• Oregon State Bar attorneys may direct ethics questions to the General Counsel's office

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct
• Philadelphia Bar Association Ethics Opinions
• Formal Opinions of the Judicial Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges and Digests of Informal Opinions
• Pennsylvania Code of Judicial Discipline

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico Canons of Professional Ethics
• Canons of Judicial Ethics of Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel Opinions
• Rhode Island Code of Judicial Conduct and Canons of Judicial Ethics
• Rhode Island Rules of Professional Conduct

South Carolina

• Revised Rules of Professional Conduct (effective 10/1/05)
• South Carolina Ethics Advisory Opinions
• South Carolina Code of Judical Conduct at V. Rules Governing the Judiciary and Employees of the Judicial Department
• Supreme Court of South Carolina Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions

South Dakota

• State Bar of South Dakota Ethics Opinions
• South Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct
• South Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct
• South Dakota Bar Association Ethics Committee will provide professional opinions to members of the bar to resolve ethical questions related to prospective professional activity

Tennessee

• Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct
• Judicial Ethics Opinions and Board of Professional Responsibility Formal Ethics Opinions
• Tennessee Code of Judicial Conduct

Texas

• The Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism (a not-for-profit organization) offers the Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, the Opinions of the Ethics Committee of the Supreme Court, as well as other helpful information
• Texas Code of Ethics for Legal Assistants
• Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility of the Legal Assistants Division of the State Bar of Texas
• The Texas Lawyer's Creed -- A Mandate for Professionalism
• Texas Code of Judicial Conduct
• Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct
• Dallas Bar Association Legal Ethics Opinions from 1972 forward
• Texas Judicial Ethics Opinions
• State Bar of Texas Ethics Hotline

Utah

• Utah Rules of Professional Conduct
• Utah Ethics Advisory Opinions
• Utah Code of Judicial Conduct
• Utah Code of Judicial Conduct Annotated
• Utah Judicial Ethics Opinions since 1988
• Utah State Bar's Office of Professional Conduct’s (“OPC”) Ethics Hotline for Attorneys

Vermont

• Vermont Bar Association Advisory Ethics Opinions
• Vermont Professional Conduct Board Decisions A searchable gopher archive of Vermont Professional Conduct Board Decisions provided by the Vermont Automated Libraries System.
• Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct

Virginia

• Virginia Ethics Opinions
  • Summaries
  • Full Opinions
• Virginia Professional Guidelines
• Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct
• Virginia Canons of Judicial Conduct
• Virginia State Bar Ethics Hotline
• Virginia Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions since 1999
• Opinions of the Committee on Lawyer Advertising and Solicitation

Washington

• Washington Rules of Professional Conduct
• Washington Rules for Enforcement of Lawyer Conduct
• Washington Code of Judicial Conduct
• Washington Discipline Rules for Judges
• Washington State Bar Association Formal Ethics Opinions
• Washington Judicial Ethics Opinions
• Washington State Bar Ethics Line

West Virginia

• Legal Ethics Opinions
• Rules of Professional Conduct
• West Virginia Code of Judicial Conduct
• West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission Index and Synopses of Advisory Opinions and Admonishments

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Revised Rules of Professional Conduct
• Wisconsin Ethics Opinions
• Wisconsin Code of Judicial Conduct
• Wisconsin Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee Opinions since 1997
• State Bar of Wisconsin Ethics Hotline
  

Wyoming

• Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct
• Wyoming Code of Judicial Conduct

 

Foreign Rules of Professional Conduct

Australia

• Law Council of Australia
• Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory
• Law Society of New South Wales
• Law Society Northern Territory
• Law Society of South Australia
• Law Society of Western Australia

Canada

• Law Societies of Canada

United Kingdom

• Bar Council of Northern Ireland
• Law Society of England and Wales
• Law Society of Scotland

Other

• Bar Association of Slovenia
• Bar Association of the Republic of Lithuania
• Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
• Cyprus Bar Association
• Czech Bar Association
• Finnish Bar Association
• Icelandic Bar Association
• Japan Federation of Bar Associations
• Law Society of Hong Kong
• Law Society of Ireland
• Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates
• Malta
• New Zealand Law Society
• Norwegian Bar Association
• Polish Bar Association
• Slovak Bar Association
• Swedish Bar Association
• The Netherlands

Law Schools

• Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession
• Hofstra University School of Law Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics
• Georgetown Center for the Study of the Legal Profession
• Fordham Law Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics
• Mercer University School of Law Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
• New York Law School Center for Professional Values and Practice
• Stanford Center on Ethics
• The University of Akron School of Law Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility
• University of Miami School of Law Center for Ethics and Public Service
• University of St. Thomas Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions

Additional American Bar Association
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Resources

Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee

Section of Antitrust Law

• Compliance and Ethics Committee
  

Section of Business Law

• ABA Task Force on Corporate Responsibility
• Professional Conduct Committee
  • Firm Counsel Project
• Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege

Section of Criminal Justice

• ABA Task Force on Gatekeeper Regulation and the Profession
• Ethics, Gideon and Professionalism

Section of Dispute Resolution

• Committee on Mediator Ethical Guidance
• Standing Committee on Ethics
• The Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes
• Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators
  

Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

• Ethics Committee

Section of Family Law

• Civility Standards
• Ethics, Professionalism, and Grievance Committee

Section of Intellectual Property Law

• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee

Section of International Law

• International Anti-Money Laundering and Professional Ethics Committee
• Transnational Legal Practice Committee

Section of Labor and Employment Law

• Ethics and Professionalism Committee / Midwinter Meeting Papers (2002 - present)

Law Practice Management Section

• Section Home Page
• Practice Management Advisors/State & Local Bar Outreach Committee
• PMA Guide

Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

• Structure of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Multidisciplinary Practice, Competition, and Globalization Working Group

Legal Services Division

• Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs
• Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability
• State Pro Bono Ethics Rules

Legal Technology Resource Center

• Legal Ethics and Technology

Section of Litigation

• Ethical Guidelines for Settlement Negotiations
• Ethics and Professionalism Committee
• Handbook on Limited Scope Legal Assistance
• Lawyers Doing Business with Their Clients: Identifying and Avoiding Legal and Ethical Dangers - A Report of the Task Force on the Independent Lawyer
• Guidelines for Conduct
• Raise the Bar Recommendation
• Raise the Bar Report

Section Officers Conference

• Center for Professional Responsibility/Section Officers Conference (CPR/SOC) Joint Committee on Ethics and Professionalism

Section of Public Contract Law

• Professional Responsibility and Contracting Ethics Committee

Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law

• Ethics and Malpractice Committee
• Ethics and Professionalism Committee

Standing Committee on Amicus Curiae Briefs

Section of State and Local Government Law

• Ethics Committee

Section of Taxation

• Standards of Tax Practice Committee

Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section

• A Lawyer's Creed of Professionalism
  

Young Lawyers Division

• Ethics and Professionalism Committee
• Pledge of Professionalism
  

National Organizations

American Immigration Lawyers Association (ethics articles and publications)

American Inns of Court

The Association of Professonal Responsibility Lawyers (APRL), an independent national organization of lawyers concentrating in the fields of professional responsibility and legal ethics.

• NOBC-APRL Joint Committee on Aging Lawyers Final Report (May, 2007)

Judicial Conduct Organizations A listing of Judicial Conduct Organizations offered by the American Judicature Society.

Model Code of Professional Responsibility for Paralegals A Model Code of Professional Responsibility for Paralegals offered by The National Federation of Paralegals Associations (NFPA).

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Ethics Opinions (NACDL)

The National Center for Prosecution Ethics

The National Client Protection Organization is an educational resource for the exchange of information among law client protection funds throughout the United States and Canada.

National Conference of Bar Examiners

• Bar Admission Statistics

The National Council of Lawyer Disciplinary Boards

The National Conference of Chief Justices' National Action Plan on Lawyer Conduct and Professionalism and the Implementation Plan for the National Action Plan.

The National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NPPA's) ethics resources including the Paralegal Model Code of Professional Responsibility, guidelines for ethics and disciplinary opinions, conflicts of interest and ethics application to paralegals.

National Organization of Bar Counsel The National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC) offers a directory of Bar Counsel, general contact information, and a current developments page containing summaries of recent cases involving attorney discipline.

• NOBC-APRL Joint Committee on Aging Lawyers Final Report (May, 2007)

United States Patent and Trademark Office (Code of Professional Responsibility – Section 10.20 et seq.)

Other Links

American Legal Ethics Library at Legal Information Institute offers many state rules, codes, ethics opinions, and narratives drafted for the American Legal Ethics Library. They will be adding new material as it becomes available.

Department of Justice, Office of Professional Responsibility

Federal Rules of Judicial Conduct The Federal Rules of Judicial Conduct (1995-96) hosted at the Legal Information institute.

FindLaw: Ethics and Profesional Responsibility Listing Findlaw's ethics and professional responsibility links.

Freivogel on Conflicts A practical online guide to conflicts of interest for lawyers with sophisticated business and litigation practices.

LEGALETHICS.COM

Legal Ethics Forum A blog for discussion of legal ethics and the legal profession.

Legal Profession Blog