ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule, 2020 Edition
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Center for Professional Responsibility
The Center for Professional Responsibility provides national leadership in developing and interpreting standards and scholarly resources in legal and judicial ethics, professional regulation, professionalism and client protection.
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Upcoming Meetings
46th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility
Join us in New Orleans for the 46th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility on May 27-29, 2020. The preeminent educational and networking opportunity in the field of ethics and professional responsibility. Leading experts, scholars and practitioners from across the country will address trends and developments in legal ethics, professional discipline, professionalism and practice issues. Registration opens January 2020.
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36th ABA National Forum on Client Protection
The Standing Committee on Public Protection in the Provision of Legal Services presents the 36th ABA National Forum on Client Protection. The Forum is a national educational, informational and networking event for professionals working in the area of client protection. Our open arena offers a stimulating mix of formal educational sessions with the opportunity for an informal exchange of ideas. Join us in New Orleans on May 29-30, 2020. Registration opens January 2020.
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Spring 2020 National Legal Malpractice Conference
Join us this spring in New Orleans! The American Bar Association's National Legal Malpractice Conference offers you the profession’s best programming on legal liability issues and developments. Registration opens this winter.
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E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award
Nominations for the 2020 E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award are now being accepted.
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Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 2020 Edition
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Annotated Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions, Second Edition
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Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Ninth Edition
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Through its coordinating efforts, the Center for Professional Responsibilty promotes discussion and resolution of pressing issues of professional responsibility and regulation and fosters communication among diverse bar organizations and the various agencies that supervise and regulate the conduct of lawyers and judges.
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The Center for Professional Responsibility administers several awards each year that recognize individuals and entities for their efforts in furthering professional responsibility.
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Lawyers in Transition
The ABA Center for Professional Responsibility has compiled resources to help answer common questions and identify programming and policy innovations related to end-of-career issues confronting lawyers.
Professional Responsibility Law Speakers Bureau
The Professional Responsibility Law Speakers Bureau is a resource from the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility to those organizing conferences, workshops, continuing legal education and similar programming.
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The Center for Professional Responsibility and its entities offer numerous resources relating to ethics, professionalism, client protection, professional discipline, specialization and global initiatives.
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The Center for Professional Responsibility advances the public interest by promoting and encouraging high ethical conduct and professionalism by lawyers and judges. The Center provides leadership and guidance to the legal profession and the judiciary by developing, interpreting and promoting the implementation of policies and standards that govern the conduct and regulation of lawyers and judges, including examining the challenges and opportunities of today’s global legal environment, and by producing scholarly and other resources.
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