Quick Legal Ethics Links
Web Sites Providing Links to State Ethics Codes & Opinions, and Reports on Professional Responsibility Matters
Organizations Related to Legal Ethics
Ethics Codes, Opinions and Reports
Blogs and Sites Discussing Legal Ethics
Ethics Rules and Codes for the Ten Largest States
Quick Legal Ethics Links
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Model Code of Judicial Conduct
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
William Wernz, Minnesota Legal Ethics – A Treatise (2011)
American Legal Ethics Library (Cornell University) (ceased updating content as of March 1, 2013)
National Organization of Bar Counsel
National Client Protection Organization Inc.
Web Sites Providing Links to State Ethics Codes & Opinions, and Reports on Professional Responsibility Matters
ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual on Professional Conduct (subscription required)
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
Engagement Letters – A Guide for Practitioners (ACTEC)
Legal Ethics Opinions Indexed (Virginia Bar)
Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
Organizations Related to Legal Ethics
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
Center for Judicial Ethics (American Judicature Society)
National Client Protection Organization
National Council of Lawyer Disciplinary Boards, Inc.
National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC)
Ethics Codes, Opinions and Reports
Code of Conduct for United States Judges
Commentaries on the Model Rules of Prof. Conduct, ACTEC (Trusts and Estates)
Model Code of Judicial Conduct (ABA)
Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA)
Published Advisory Opinions on the Code of Conduct for United States Judges
Blogs and Sites Discussing Legal Ethics
ABA Journal ─ Law News Now | Legal Ethics
Best Practices for Legal Education Blog
Building a Better Legal Profession: The Old Blog
Law21 | Dispatches from a legal profession on the brink
Jotwell: Legal Profession – The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)
New York Legal Ethics Reporter
The Ethics Guru – Legal Ethics Blog
Websites About Legal Ethics
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
Access to ABA publications, reports and opinions as well as ABA’s online research service ETHICSearch (for ABA members)
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
Findlaw
State Bar Associations and their ethics rules and opinions
ABA Ethics Resources
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20
ABA Continuing Legal Education
ABA Formal Opinions Indexed by Issue Date (ABA/CPR Members Only)
ABA Formal Opinions Indexed by Subject Matter (ABA/CPR Members Only)
ABA Links to Other Legal Ethics Sites
The Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements (ABA)
Ethics 2000 Review Status Chart, including status of review and links to committee reports
Commission on the Future of Legal Services
Directory of State Lawyer Assistance Programs (ABA)
Ethics and Professionalism Committee (ABA)
Handbook on Limited Scope Legal Assistance (ABA)
Law Practice Management Section (ABA)
Legal Ethics Standards in Other Countries (ABA)
Legal Technology Resource Center (ABA)
List of Professionalism Codes (ABA)
Mentoring Programs of Bar Assn. by State (ABA)
Raise the Bar Recommendation (ABA)
Rules of Professional Conduct by State (ABA)
Section of International Law (ABA)
Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (ABA)
Academic Legal Ethics Centers
Center for Ethics and Public Service at Univ. of Miami School of Law
Dickinson School of Law: Global Legal Practices Resourses
Fordham – Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics
Georgetown Center for the Study of the Legal Profession
Harvard – Program on the Legal Profession
Hofstra – Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University
Stanford Center on the Legal Profession
University of St. Thomas Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions
Professionalism Commissions
A Guide to Professionalism Commissions
Florida Center for Professionalism
Georgia Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism
Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
Maryland Court Commission on Professionalism
New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law
New Mexico Commission on Professionalism
New York State Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law
North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism
Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Professionalism
South Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on the Profession
University of South Carolina School of Law Center on Professionalism
Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
Ethics Rules and Codes for the Ten Largest States
California
California Code of Judicial Ethics
California Ethics Opinions (Ethics Op. State Bar of Calif., Comm. on Prof. Resp. and Conduct 1988-Present)
California Rules of Professional Conduct The Rules of Professional Conduct
Florida
Florida Advertising Regulation and Information
Florida Code of Judicial Conduct
Florida Ethics Opinions (Florida Bar Website)
Florida Rules of Professional Conduct
Georgia
Georgia Formal Advisory Opinions (State Discp. Board)
Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct
Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct
Illinois
Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct
Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct
Michigan
Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct
Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
New York
The Assn. Bar of City of N.Y. on Prof. & Judicial Ethics, Formal Op. (1986 to Present)
New York Code of Judicial Conduct
The N.Y. County Lawyers’ Assn. Ethics Opinions
New York Ethics Opinions (N.Y. State Bar Assn.)
New York Rules of Professional Conduct
North Carolina
North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct
North Carolina Ethics Opinions (as adopted by State Bar Council)
North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct
Ohio
Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct
Ohio Supreme Court Advisory Opinions
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Code of Judicial Discipline
Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct
Philadelphia Bar Association Ethics Opinions
Texas
Dallas Bar Assn. Legal Ethics Opinions (1972-Present)
Texas Code of Judicial Conduct
Texas Committee on Professional Ethics Opinions
Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct