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J.W. Long Law Library

 

PROFESSIONAL  LEGAL ETHICS SOURCES (last updated 11/11/11)
 


Where can you find professional legal ethics rules and interpretations?

    I.    ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct:

        • ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual On Professional Conduct - Manual


          KF 305 .A16 (current through 2003)
          Includes Model Rules, Model Code, and Judicial Code.
          Also available online at http://news.bna.com/moln/
           

        • Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, ABA, 7th edition, 2011


          Reserve KF 306 .A754
          Adopted by the ABA in 1983 with subsequent amendments to serve as a national model of standards govering the practice of law and includes comments and history of the Model Rules, comparisons to the Model Code, and case examples.
           

        • ABA Compendium of Professional Responsibilty Rules and Standards


          Reserve KF 306.A733
          Includes Model Rules, Model Code and selected formal opinions.

        • Available online at:

          BNA
          Lexis
          Westlaw

    II.    ABA Formal and Information Opinions:

        • ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual On Professional Conduct - Ethics Opinions and Current Reports


          KF 305 .A16 (current through 2003)
          Includes ethics opinions on federal and state bar level.

        • Available online at:

          ABA: http://www.abanet.org/cpr/pubs/ethicopinions.html The ABA site has minimal primary source material, but provides headnotes of formal opinions.
          BNA: lawyersmanual.bna.com
          Lexis: Bar Opinions
          Westlaw: ABA-BNA






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