Model Rules of Professional Conduct - Table of Contents
Model Rules of Professional Conduct: Table of Contents with links to the rules
Model Rules of Professional Conduct - American Bar Association
The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct were adopted by the ABA House of Delegates in 1983. They serve as models for the ethics rules of most jurisdictions. Before the adoption of the Model …
Rule 1.6: Confidentiality of Information - American Bar Association
Client-Lawyer Relationship | (a) A lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent, the disclosure is impliedly authorized in order to carry …
Rule 1.1: Competence - American Bar Association
Client-Lawyer Relationship - A lawyer shall provide competent representation to a client. Competent representation requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably …
Rule 1.8: Current Clients: Specific Rules - American Bar Association
(a) A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction with a client or knowingly acquire an ownership, possessory, security or other pecuniary interest adverse to a client unless: (1) the transaction and …
Rule 3.3: Candor Toward the Tribunal - American Bar Association
(1) make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal or fail to correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer; (2) fail to disclose to the tribunal legal authority …
Rule 1.2: Scope of Representation & Allocation of Authority Between ...
Rule 1.2 Client-Lawyer Relationship | (a) Subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), a lawyer shall abide by a client's decisions concerning the objectives of representation and, as required by Rule 1.4, shall …
Center for Professional Responsibility - American Bar Association
Formal Opinion 516 Terminating a Client Representation Under MRPC 1.16 (b) (1): What “Material Adverse Effects” Prevent Permissive Withdrawal? (April 2, 2025)
Rule 1.4: Communications - American Bar Association
Client-Lawyer Relationship | (a) A lawyer shall: (1) promptly inform the client of any decision or circumstance with respect to which the client's informed consent, as defined in Rule 1.0(e), is …
Rule 8.4: Misconduct - American Bar Association
Maintaining The Integrity of The Profession | It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to (a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or …