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RESEARCH GUIDES

American Bar Association Resources

Jurisdictional Rules Comparison Charts

An interactive page that provides site visitors the ability to examine how each jurisdiction has modified and adopted each of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Contains the text of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct curated by the ABA.

Recent Ethics Opinions

Contains an up-to-date collection of ethics opinions issued by the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional responsibility interpreting both the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the Model Code of Judicial Conduct.

Standing Committee on Ethics and Professionalism

Contains information provided by the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professionalism regarding legal malpractice claim statistics, insurance for lawyers, and malpractice prevention tips.

Directory of Lawyer Disciplinary Agencies (last updated 2020)

Provides contact numbers for disciplinary agencies in all states.

Latest Ethics Opinions
Shows the ABA’s most recent formal opinions that are relevant to many attorneys and are written to address past and possible future violations to the ethics code.