pic03 LEGAL ETHICS BY STATE

Law Related Associations More Law Related Ethics Law Related Publications Law Related Discussion Groups

LawResearch Law History Files Dictionary and Glossary Directory 800 Historical Reference Resources Law Libraries

Legal Ethics Online

Alabama

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.alabar.org/ogc/ropc/ropc.htm

Formal Ethics Opinions

http://www.alabar.org/ogc/fopList.cfm

Canons of Judicial Ethics

http://www.alacourt.org/Court/Ethics/index.htm

Judicial Advisory Opinions

http://www.alalinc.net/jic/

Alaska

Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.state.ak.us/courts/prof.htm

Adopted Ethics Opinions

http://www.alaskabar.org/index.cfm?ID=4665

From the Alaska Bar.The site can either list opinions topically or chronologically.
It has opinions as far back as 1968.

Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct

http://www.ajc.state.ak.us/CONDUCT.htm

Arizona

Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.azbar.org/FindingLawyer/rules.asp#Rule42

Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.supreme.state.az.us/cjc/code.htm

Ethics Opinions

http://www.azbar.org/EthicsOpinions/

Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions

http://www.supreme.state.az.us/cjc/advisory.htm

Arkansas

Arkansas Model Rules of Professional Conduct

http://courts.state.ar.us/rules/index2.html#Model

Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.state.ar.us/jddc/

Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions

http://www.state.ar.us/jeac/summaries.html

California

Code of Judicial Ethics

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/rules/ appendix/appdiv2.pdf

Colorado

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.cobar.org/static/ comms/ethics/rulesprof/rulprofc.htm

Ethics Committee

http://www.cobar.org/static/comms/ethics/ index.htm

Provides The Rules of Professional Conduct, links to formal
ethics opinions and some other helpful ethics links.

Connecticut

Connecticut Practice Book

http://www.jud.state.ct.us/Publications/PracticeBook/pbpart1.pdf

PDF of the actual practice book.Contains the Code of Professional Conduct and the Code of Judicial Conduct.

Delaware

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://courts.state.de.us/supreme/dlrpc.htm

Ethics Opinions

http://www.dsba.org/ethics.htm

Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions

http://courts.state.de.us/jeac/index.htm

District of Columbia

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/ethics/legal_ethics/rules_of_professional_conduct/index.cfm

Opinions of the D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee

http://www.dcbar.org/ for_lawyers/ethics/legal_ethics/opinions.cfm

 

Florida

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/Fl-code?

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.flcourts.org/sct/sctdocs/ethics/

Georgia     

Georgia Bar

http://www.gabar.org/ogcrules.asp?Header=ogc

Provides links to rules and advisory opinions.

Judicial Ethics Code of Georgia

http://www.samartali.ge/EN/pdf/codeofetics_en.pdf

Judicial Qualifications Commission Opinions

http://www2.state.ga.us/courts/supreme/jqc.htm

 

Hawaii

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.hawaii.gov/jud/hrpcond.htm

Disciplinary Board Opinions

http://www.hsba.org/Hawaii/Admin/Disc/disc.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.hawaii.gov/jud/rcjc.htm

Idaho

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www2.state.id.us/isb/rules/irpc/irpc.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www2.state.id.us/ijc/code.pdf

Illinois

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/Rules/Art_VIII/

Advisory Opinions on Professional Conduct

http://www.isba.org/EthicsOpinions/

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.state.il.us/jib/conduct.htm

Judicial Ethics Opinions

http://www.ija.org/ethicsop/opinions/

Indiana

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.state.in.us/judiciary/rules/prof_conduct/index.html

Legal Ethics Committee Advisory Opinions

http://www.inbar.org/content/legalethics/legalethics2.asp

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.in.gov/judiciary/rules/jud_conduct/

Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications Advisory Opinions

http://www.in.gov/judiciary/admin/judqual/opinions.html

Iowa

Code of Professional Responsibility

http://web.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/2000/court/profr/profr98d.pdf

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/judges/conduct.asp

Ethics Opinions

http://www.iowabar.org/ethics.nsf/e61beed77a215f6686256497004ce492!OpenView

Kansas

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.kscourts.org/ctruls/atrul.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.kscourts.org/ctruls/judruls.htm

Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions

http://www.kscourts.org/judethindex.htm

Kentucky

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.lsba.org/Legal_Library/rules_of_professional_conduct_.asp

Ethics Opinions

http://www.uky.edu/Law/kyethics/

Louisiana

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.lsba.org/Legal_Library/rules_of_professional_conduct_.asp

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.lasc.org/rules/html/cjc.htm

 

 

Maine

Board of Oversees of the Bar

http://www.mebaroverseers.org/

Provides the rules and links to decisions regarding professional responsibility.

Maryland

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/md-code?

Massachusetts

Board of Bar Overseers

http://www.state.ma.us/obcbbo/

Provides the rules and links to decisions regarding professional responsibility.

Ethics Opinions

http://www.massbar.org/publications/ethics_opinions/

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.state.ma.us/cjc/code.pdf

Committee on Judicial Ethics

http://www.state.ma.us/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/supremejudicialcourt/cje/index.html

Michigan

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.michbar.org/directory/mrpc.pdf

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.michbar.org/directory/code.html

Ethics Opinions

http://www.michbar.org/opinions/ethics/

Minnesota

Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board
Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility

http://www.courts.state.mn.us/lprb/

Provides the rules and links to decisions regarding
professional responsibility.

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/judstnds/canon2.html

Mississippi

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.mslawyer.com/mssc/profcond.html

Ethics Opinions

http://www.msbar.org/ethic_opinions.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.judperf.state.ms.us/conduct.htm

Mississippi Bar Association

http://www.msbar.org/professional_responsibility.htm

Missouri

Rules of Professional Conduct

Informal Advisory Opinions

http://www.mobar.net/opinions/index.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.courtrules.org/qx22code.htm

Montana

Attorney Rules and Regulations

http://www.montanabar.org/attyrulesandregs/

This site from the Montana Bar provides links to the Rules of
Professional Conduct and Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement.

Ethics Opinions

http://www.montanabar.org/ethics/index.html

Canons of Judicial Ethics

http://www.lawlibrary.state.mt.us/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-7902/Canons_of_Judicial_Ethics.pdf

Nebraska

Code of Professional Responsibility

http://www.nebar.com/legalresources/code/index.htm

Ethics Opinions

http://www.nebar.com/legalresources/opinions/index.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://court.nol.org/rules/Judcon_30.htm

Judicial Committee Ethics Opinions

http://court.nol.org/comm/jecintro.htm

Nevada

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/CourtRules/SCR.html#SCRRule150

This link is to the Supreme Court Rules.The Section on professional
Responsibility begins with rule 150.

Ethics Opinions

http://www.nvbar.org/memberServices/indexEthicsOpinions.php3

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.judicial.state.nv.us/canons2.htm

Commission on Judicial Discipline

http://judicial.state.nv.us/

Links to rules and opinions on judicial discipline.

New Hampshire

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.state.nh.us/judiciary/rules/pcon/index.htm

Ethics Opinions and Practical Ethics Articles

http://www.nhbar.org/

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.state.nh.us/judiciary/rules/scr/scr-38.htm

New Jersey

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://njlawnet.com/nj-rpc/

Ethics Opinions

http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/ethics/search.html

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/rules/appendices/app1_jud.htm

New Mexico

Ethics Advisory Opinions

http://www.nmbar.org/statebar/advisoryopinions/advopin.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://jec.unm.edu/training/Ethics/Code/code.htm

New York

Lawyers Code of Professional Responsibility

Ethics Opinions

http://www.nysba.org/Template.cfm?Section=Ethics_Opinions

Code of Judicial Conduct

North Carolina

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/public/aoc/barrules.html

Ethics Opinions

http://www.ncbar.com/eth_op/ethics_o.asp

North Dakota

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.court.state.nd.us/Rules/Conduct/contents.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.court.state.nd.us/search/JudicialMain.asp

Ethics Opinions

http://www.sband.org/Ethics/

Ohio

Code of Professional Responsibility

http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Rules/professional/

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Rules/conduct/

Advisory Opinions

http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Rules/conduct/

Ethics Commission

http://www.ethics.state.oh.us/ethicshome.html

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Bar Association Ethics Online

http://www.okbar.org/ethics/

This page links to the rules and opinions as well as
articles. You can also use this to access judicial conduct rules and opinions.

Oregon

Code of Professional Responsibility

http://www.osbar.org/2practice/rulesregs/cpr.htm

Ethics Opinions

http://www.osbar.org/2practice/ethics/ethicsops.cfm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.osbar.org/2practice/rulesregs/cjc.htm

Pennsylvania

Code of Professional Responsibility

http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/Pa-code?

Ethics Opinions

http://www.philabar.org/public/ethics.asp

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.cjdpa.org/geninfo/djcodeconduct.html

Decisions of the Court of Judicial Discipline

http://www.cjdpa.org/decisions/index.html

Rhode Island

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.courts.state.ri.us/supreme/disciplinary/rulesofprofessionalconduct.htm

Ethics Advisory Panel Opinions

http://www.courts.state.ri.us/supreme/ethics/ethicsadvisorypanelopinions.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.courts.state.ri.us/supreme/jtd/code.pdf

South Carolina

Rules of Conduct

http://www.scbar.org/Rules_of_conduct/rules_of_conduct.htm

Ethics Advisory Opinions

http://www.scbar.org/Ethics_Opinions/default.asp

South Dakota

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/

Ethics Opinions

http://www.sdbar.org/members/ethics/default.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/

Tennessee

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.tba.org/ethics2002.html

Ethics Opinions

http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/Ethics/ethics.HTM

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/opinions/tsc/rules/TNRulesOfCourt/06supct10_24.htm#10

Texas

Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.txethics.org/reference_rules.asp?view=conduct

Professional Ethics Opinions

http://www.txethics.org/reference_opinions.asp

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.courts.state.tx.us/Judethics/canons.htm

Judicial Ethics Opinions

http://www.courts.state.tx.us/judethics/

Utah

Code of Professional Conduct

http://www.utahbar.org/rules/html/professional_conduct.html

Ethics Opinions

http://www.utahbar.org/opinions/index.html

Code of Judicial Conduct Annotated

http://courtlink.utcourts.gov/ethadv/anncanon.htm

Judicial Ethics Opinions

http://www.utcourts.gov/resources/ethadv/

Vermont

Rules of Professional Conduct

Rules of Professional Conduct

Advisory Ethics Opinions

Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions

Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions

Virginia

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.vsb.org/profguides/rules.pdf

Legal Ethics Opinions

http://www.vacle.org/opinions/leos.htm

Canons of Judicial Conduct

http://www.courts.state.va.us/jirc/canons_112398.html

Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions

http://www.courts.state.va.us/jirc/opinions.html

Washington

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.courts.wa.gov/rules/list.cfm?group=ga&set=RPC

Professional Responsibility/Ethics Program

http://www.wsba.org/lasd/ethics.htm

Provides links to the Rules of Professional Conduct, formal
and informal opinions and other resources.

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.courts.wa.gov/rules/list.cfm?group=ga&set=CJC

Judicial Ethics Opinions

http://www.courts.wa.gov/ethics/

West Virginia

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.wvbar.org/BARINFO/rulesprofconduct/index.htm

Legal Ethics Opinions

http://www.wvbar.org/BARINFO/wvlegalresearch/ethics/ethics.htm

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/JIC/codejc.htm

Judicial Investigation Commission Advisory Opinions

http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/JIC/advop.htm

Wisconsin

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.courts.state.wi.us/rules/CHAP20A.pdf

Part 1

http://www.courts.state.wi.us/rules/CHAP20B.pdf

Part 2

Ethics Opinions

http://www.wisbar.org/ethop/

Code of Judicial Conduct

http://www.courts.state.wi.us/judcom/CODE.htm

Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee Opinions

http://www.courts.state.wi.us/supreme/sc_judcond.asp

Wyoming

Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.courts.state.wy.us/RULES/Professional%20Conduct%20for%20Attorneys.html

 

Code of Judicial Conduct

WYOMING CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT

Legal Ethics Online Major Professional Responsibility & Ethics Websites

ABA Center for Professional Responsibility

http://www.abanet.org/cpr/

Founded in 1978, the Center provides a leadership role in
developing and interpreting standards and scholarly resources in legal ethics,
professional regulation, professionalism and client protection mechanisms.
The site provides access to many legal
ethics related documents such at directories of lawyer disciplinary agencies,
free arbitration programs, unauthorized practice of law committees and various model rules,
including the work of the Ethics 2000 Commission and information on
multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary practice.
The single best free site for legal ethics and professional responsibility information.

American Legal Ethics Library

Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/

This digital library contains the codes or rules setting
standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis.It also provides narratives on the law
of lawyering for some states contributed by several large law firms from a variety of those states.

Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Findlaw.com

http://library.lp.findlaw.com/legalpractice_1_258_1.html

Many articles by lawyers about legal ethics related issues.

Legal Ethics. Com

http://www.legalethics.com/

Select a topics such as Articles, Government, Legal, non-Legal, Opinions and Rules.  Some of the information relates to Internet ethics issues, including attorney
advertising, e-mail communication, and unauthorized practice of law.

Journals and Articles

Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/journals/ethics/index.html

Journal of the Legal Profession

http://www.law.ua.edu/jlp/

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, & Public Policy

http://www.nd.edu/~ndjlepp/index.shtml

SSRN Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Editor: W. Bradley Wendel, Washington and Lee University

http://www.ssrn.com/update/lsn/lsn_legal-ethics.html

A Web of Legal Ethics: Rules of Professional Conduct

http://www.llrx.com/columns/ethics.htm

http://www.usual.com/article9.htm

49 Duke Law Journal 147 (1999). By Catherine J. Lanctot

http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dlj/articles/dlj49p147.htm#FA0

?Judges and the Ethics of Lawyers, ?  Speech given by the
Honorable A. Raymond Randolph, US Court of Appeals,
DC Circuit.10/18/97.The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies

http://www.fed-soc.org/ Publications/practicegroupnewsletters/professionalresponsibility/pp020104.htm

?What Drives Legal Ethics??  10/18/97 Speech given
by Lester Brickman, professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.The Federalist Society for Law &
Public Policy Studies

http://www.fed-soc.org/Publications/practicegroupnewsletters/ professionalresponsibility/pp020103.htm

ABA Journal.com

http://www.abanet.org/journal/redesign/home.html

American Judicature Society
http://www.ajs.org/

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

http://www.aprl.net/

APRL is an independent national organization of lawyers
concentrating in the fields of and legal ethics and professional
responsibility.

Law and Legal Codes of Ethics Online

Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology

http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/PublicWWW/codes/law.html

Includes codes from the International Bar Association and the
code of conduct from the Roscoe Pound American Trial Lawyers Foundation.

National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc.

Ethics Homepage

http://www.paralegals.org/Development/Ethics/home.html

Model Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Guidelines for Enforcement

National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc

http://www.paralegals.org/Development/modelcode.htm

National Organization of Bar Counsel:

This website provides attorney disciplinary resources for both the legal community and the public. It includes a national directory or bar
counsel contact information, recent court decisions on attorney discipline, and
an online forum where members can discuss attorney discipline issues.

Related Web Sites

Hieros Gamos Guide to the Practice of Law

(http://www.hg.org/practic.html)

Collection of links to Internet resources about legal
practice and practice.  Lists many associations.

ABA Legal Technology Resource Center

http://www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/home.html

The Center provides information, discussion and links to other online resources about the issue of new technology, including Internet
use, in the legal profession and law firms.In particular, it has an interesting page on Legal Ethics and Technology.

United States Office of Government Ethics

http://www.usoge.gov/

Organized for the purpose of promoting high ethical standards
and preventing and resolving conflicts of interest.

CrossingtheBar.com

http://www.crossingthebar.com/

A Good Lawyer: Secrets Good Lawyers [and their best clients] Already Know

http://www.agoodlawyer.com/

Back To Top