Client Protection Information

• State by State Adoption of ABA Client Protection Programs

• ABA Model Rules for Lawyers' Funds for Client Protection
• ABA Directory of Lawyers' Funds for Client Protection
• ABA Survey of Lawyers' Funds for Client Protection (2002-2004)
• ABA Survey of Lawyers’ Funds for Client Protection (2005-2007)

• 2008 Survey of Fee Arbitration Programs
• ABA Model Rules for Fee Arbitration
• ABA Directory of Fee Arbitration Programs
• ABA Survey of Fee Arbitration Programs (1999)
• ABA Survey of Fee Arbitration Programs (2006)
• Chart - Jurisdictions with Mandatory Fee Arbitration Programs

• ABA Model Rules for Mediation of Client-Lawyer Disputes
• Chart - Jurisdictions with Mediation Programs

• ABA Model Rules for Trust Account Overdraft Notification
• Chart - Jurisdictions with Trust Account Overdraft Notification Rules

• Model Rules for Client Trust Account Records
• State Implementation of ABA Model Rule on Financial Recordkeeping

• ABA Model Rule for Random Audit of Lawyer Trust Accounts
• Chart - Jurisdictions with Random Audit of Trust Accounts Rules

• ABA Model Rule for Payee Notification
• Chart - Jurisdictions with Payee Notification Rule

• ABA Model Court Rule on Insurance Disclosure, adopted August 2004
• Report to ABA House of Delegates
• Chart - State Implementation of ABA Model Court Rule on Insurance Disclosure

• ABA Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice

• 2009 ABA Survey of Unlicensed Practice of Law Committees
• • Introduction
  • Charts

• 2004 ABA Survey of Unlicensed Practice of Law Committees
• • Introduction
  • Chart I
  • Chart II

• FTC Letter Opinions on the Unlicensed Practice of Law
• ABA Directory of Unlicensed Practice of Law Committees
• Chart - State Unlicensed Practice of Law Advisory Opinions
• ABA Task Force on the Model Definition of the Practice of Law
• ABA Model Rules for Advisory Opinions on Unauthorized Practice of Law
• Nonlawyer Practice Bibliography
• Report of the ABA Commission on NonLawyer Practice - NonLawyer Activity in Law Related Situations (August 1995) .
  The Commission presented the Report to the ABA Board of Governors at the 1995 Annual Meeting. The Board approved funding to disseminate the Report to the legal community and the public for comment. As the report has not been presented to the ABA House of Delegates, it does not represent official ABA policy.

• Model Court Rule on Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster adopted February 2007
• Chart - State Implementation of ABA Model Court Rule on Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster
• Conference of Chief Justices Resolution on adoption of ABA Model Court Rule on Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster

• Chart – State by State Caretaker Rules When Lawyer Disappears, Dies, or Is Declared Incompetent
• How to Sell and/or Close a Law Firm: Workout with the Experts (Online audio course)
• Being Prepared: A Lawyer's Guide for Dealing with Disability or Unexpected Events
• ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 92-369 - Disposition of Deceased Sole Practitioners’ Client Files and Property
• ABA Formal Opinion 03-429 - Obligation with Respect to Mentally Impaired Lawyer in the Firm
• ABA Formal Opinion 03-431 - Lawyer's Duty to Report Another Lawyer Who may Suffer from Disability or Impairment
• ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Client-Lawyer Relationship Rule 1.3 Diligence - Comment
• Your ABA – Eye on Ethics “Breaking up is Hard to Do” (March, 2008)
• Your ABA - Eye on Ethics “ When Lawyer Becomes Mentally Impaired” (June 06) (See related Letter to the Editor re: June 06 column)
• Your ABA- Eye on Ethics “ When a Lawyer Dies” (March 06)
• ABA Policy on Advance Designation of Caretaker or Surrogate Lawyer
• ABA Model Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement, Rule 28 
  (Appointment of Counsel to Protect Clients’ Interests When Respondent Is Transferred to Disability Inactive Status, Suspended, Disbarred, Disappears, or Dies) 
• GP-Solo Magazine “ What Happens When a Lawyer Dies?”
• ABA Commission on Second Season of Service
• NOBC-APRL Joint Committee on Aging Lawyers - Final Report

• Alabama State Bar “Things to Consider Before Closing Your Solo Practice”
• State Bar of Arizona Ethics Opinion 04-05
• Carolina State Bar, Lawyers in Transition
• Rules Regulating the Florida Bar Rule 1-3.8, Right to Inventory
• The Florida Bar Journal, “ Big Shoes to Fill: The Job of the Inventory Attorney”
• Indiana Rules for Admission to the Bar and the Discipline of Attorneys Rule 23, Section 27, “Attorney Surrogates”
• Res Gestae (Indiana State Bar Association), "The Graying of the Legal Profession"
• Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar Handbook for a Receiver of the Law Practice of a Disabled or Missing or Deceased (“DMD”) Maine Attorney
• Missouri Bar, Planning Ahead: A Guide to Protect Your Client's and Your Survivor's Interests in the Event of Your Disability or Death
• State Bar of New Mexico, “Closing a Law Office: New Mexico Guide for a Third Party Closer”
• New York State Bar Association Committee on Law Practice Continuity, “Planning Ahead: Establish an Advance Exit Plan to Protect Your Clients’ Interest in the Event of Your Disability, Retirement or Death”
• Oregon State Bar Bulletin, “ Plan Ahead”
•  Ethics Department of the Virginia State Bar, “Planning Ahead: Protecting Your Client’s Interest in the Event of Your Disability or Death”

• Standing Committee on Client Protection
• National Client Protection Organization