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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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50th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility
Join us for the 50th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility at the Ritz Carlton, Washington DC Metro - Pentagon City from May 28-30, 2025!
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40th ABA National Forum on Client Protection
Join us for the 40th ABA National Forum on Client Protection at the Ritz Carlton, Washington DC Metro - Pentagon City from May 30-31, 2025!
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Fall 2025 National Legal Malpractice Conference
September 10-12, 2025 - Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Palm Springs, CA. Registration details coming soon.
2025 Jeanne P. Gray Diversity Scholarship Are Now Open!
The American Bar Association established the Jeanne P. Gray Diversity Scholarship Program in the memory of long-time Director of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, Jeanne Gray, and her dedication to diversity. The goals of the scholarship program are to recognize one member of a diversity bar association and to encourage participation of diverse members of the bar as Center members, speakers and authors in Center activities through its Committees. Please see the Overview for more details and how to apply.
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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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About the Center
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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