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    Standing Committee on Professional Regulation

    Who We Are

    The Professional Regulation Committee is the entity in the ABA responsible for “developing, promoting, coordinating, and strengthening professional disciplinary and regulatory programs and procedures throughout the nation, including developing and promoting ABA activities relating to professional discipline, model rules for disciplinary enforcement and standards for the imposition of sanctions.”

    Your comments requested regarding possible amendments to Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14, Client with Diminished Capacity

    On behalf of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, we are pleased to provide you with a Memorandum and Discussion Draft of possible amendments to ABA Model Rule 1.14 (Client With Diminished Capacity). The Memorandum explains the need for amendments to Model Rule 1.14 and the Discussion Draft sets forth, for your comment, possible amendments to address that need. Please send any comments to [email protected] by May 12, 2025. Please note that comments may be posted on the ABA’s website. If you have any questions, please contact Ellyn Rosen or Mary McDermott at [email protected] or [email protected].

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    ABA House of Delegates Adopts Amendments to Model Rule 1.16

    At its 2023 Annual Meeting in Denver, the ABA House of Delegates adopted Revised Resolution 100, amending Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.16(a) and Comments [1] and [2] to address a lawyer’s responsibility to inquire into and assess the facts and circumstances of a matter. Revised Resolution 100 was proposed by the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation and ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

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    Revised Resolution 100

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    2023 Survey on Lawyer Discipline Results

    The ABA Standing Committee on Professional Discipline has released the results of the 2023 Survey on Lawyer Discipline (S.O.L.D.). S.O.L.D. remains the only national compilation of data regarding lawyer disciplinary agency caseload, budget, staffing, and sanctions.

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    Proactive Management-Based Regulation (PMBR)

    The ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation continues its study of Proactive Management-Based Regulation (PMBR) and its work to implement 2019 ABA Resolution 107. Generally, PMBR refers to regulatory measures that seek to help lawyers and law firms develop ethical infrastructures that will, to the extent possible, prevent misconduct and the resulting need for involvement with the lawyer disciplinary process.

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    2019 ABA Resolution 107

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