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A judge for whom performing marriages is a mandatory obligation of judicial office may not decline to perform marriages of same-sex...
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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45th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility
Bringing together legal scholars, jurists and specialists in the professional responsibility field for two days of intensive seminars covering a wide range of issues. Conference topics address recent trends and developments in legal ethics, professional discipline for lawyers, professionalism and practice issues. May 29 -31, 2019 Vancouver Canada.
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Compendium of Professional Responsibility Rules and Standards, 2018 Edition
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Legal Ethics and Social Media: A Practitioner's Handbook
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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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