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    Center for Professional Responsibility

    Possible amendments to Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14, Client with Diminished Capacity

    A Working Group on ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14 is seeking comments regarding the possible amendments to Rule 1.14. Its April 2025 memorandum and ideas for amending the Rule can be found here.

    Your input is critical to the Working Group at this early stage of its work.

    Your comments will inform the Working Group and Center Standing Committees in determining whether and how to proceed. 

    Questions? Please contact Natalia Vera at [email protected].

    Thank you.

    Comments received about Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14 possible amendments.

    1. ABA Center for Diversity Equity and Inclusion
    2. ABA Criminal Justice Section
    3. ABA Commission on Disability Rights
    4. ABA Commission on Law and Aging
    5. ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation
    6. Center for Public Representation
    7. Cook County Public Guardian
    8. Illinois Supreme Court Elder Law Commission
    9. Indiana Legal Services
    10. Justice in Aging
    11. Michigan Statewide Advocacy Services
    12. National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
    13. Disability Rights New Mexico
    14. Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
    15. Southern Nevada Legal Aid Society