Legal Ethics, Professionalism and Professional Responsibility Resources
Web Resources: Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Ohio Professional Responsibility and Professionalism Resources
Selected Treatises and Practice Guides
Searching Scholar and Ohiolink
Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services
Introduction
This selective guide highlights major print and electronic resources available to Cleveland Marshall Law School students researching laws and issues regarding the conduct, duties, and obligations of attorneys and judges. For a comprehensive treatement to researching issues in legal ethics, see Lee F. Peoples, Legal Ethics: A Legal Resource Guide , 2d ed., William S. Hein, 2006 KF306.P46 2006
Please contact the Law Library's Research Services librarians during their Research Services hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu for help with locating or using any of the resources discussed in this guide.
Web Resources: Ethics and Professional Responsibility
ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct : Chicago : American Bar Association ; Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, c1984- Electronic access available to Cleveland Marshall faculty, staff and students from the CSU law network. (Print version: see KF305.A8 A116)
American Legal Ethics Library at Cornell University's Legal Information Institute, contains codes and rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis.
Legal Ethics Research Guide from the Virtual Chase: Provides comprehensive links to Federal Agencies and ethics related organizations, annotated list of web resources, and links to ethics resources for the fifty states.
LegalEthics.com , maintained by Internet Legal Services, offers commentary and links to ethics opinions, government agencies dealing with professional ethics issues, and other Web resources dealing with professional ethics.
Findlaw's Professional Responsibility Resources include links to lawyers and firms, witnesses, documents, briefs, articles and books, message boards, and other web based resources
On Lexis : See Legal - Area of Law - By Topic - Ethics for state and government ethics cases and opinions, ABA materials, law reviews, treatises, statutes and administrative materials, news sources relating to professional ethics
On Westlaw : See Topical materials - Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility - Federal and case statutes, administrative materials, disciplinary and ethics opinions, ABA materials, law reviews, texts and treatises related to professional ethics
Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute: Wex...Ethics "Wex is an ambitious effort to construct a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. It is sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School. "
Jurist: Legal Research: Law Guides: Legal Profession
Ohio Professional Responsibility and Professionalism Resources:
Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, effective Feb. 1, 2007 , superseding the Ohio Rules of Court: Code of Professional Responsibility (See
Anderson's The Law of Professional Conduct in Ohio, by L. Snyder, S. Becker, J Guttenberg, {LexisNexis, 2007-} and Ohio Legal Ethics Under the New Rules on the Lexis Service for analysis and comparison of the new standards)
Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism: See Gov. Bar. Rule XV. - Commission on Professionalism ; Professionalism CLE Guidelines ; Statement on Professionalism ; Professional Ideals for Ohio Lawyers and Judges
Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on the Rules of Professional Conduct . Report of the Task Force, October 2005 includes cross reference tables from the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct to the Code of Professional Responsibility and vice versa.
Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on the Unauthorized Practice of Law : The Board of Commissioners on the Unauthorized Practice of Law of the Supreme Court of Ohio is established by Rule VII of the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio and consists of seven members who are appointed to a three-year term by the Supreme Court. The Board conducts hearings, preserves the record, and makes findings and recommendations to the Supreme Court in cases involving the alleged unauthorized practice of law. The Board is also authorized to issue informal nonbinding advisory opinions on matters concerning the unauthorized practice of law.
Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline : The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline is a twenty-eight member commission appointed by the Ohio Supreme Court. The Board's Duties are as follows: issuing final recommendations to the Supreme Court on formal disciplinary charges against Ohio's lawyers and judges; monitoring and assisting the certified grievance committees in the regulation of the legal profession; and issuing advisory ethics opinions .
The print version of the above is: Advisory Opinions The Board, Office of Secretary, 1987- KFO76.5.A2 S96 . In addition to the duties required by the Ohio constitution and Gov.Bar R.V, the Board serves as a facilitator and resource for upholding the highest principles of the legal profession. It is dedicated to furthering the goals of self-regulation of the bench and bar; enhancing the public's access to information and participation in the Supreme Court's regulation of the legal profession and the judiciary; and to assisting and encouraging Ohio attorneys and judges through advice, guidance and education, to observe the standards of professional responsibility so as to prevent ethical abuses and attendant harm to Ohio's citizens and its system of justice.
Ohio Ethics Commission Web Site Another Ohio source for ethics information, the Ohio Ethics Commission promotes ethics in public service to strengthen the public's confidence that Government business is conducted with impartiality and integrity. The Commission has jurisdiction over Ohio's public officials and employees at the state and local levels of government, except legislators, judges, and their staffs. The Commission issues Advisory Opinions and has since 1974. For the online version of past opinions, see Advisory Opinions Web Site . For the print version, see Advisory Opinions The Commission, 1975- KFO406.A8 O54
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Ethics Inquiry Service : The Ethics Inquiry Service is a benefit that the Cleveland Bar Association provides to its members. The Service, administered through the Ethics and Professionalism Committee, is designed to assist members in making informed ethical decision about their own prospective conduct. The Service is not intended to give legal advice, opinions or conclusions of law. Rather, it is intended to provide our members with ethical information that may factor into their own analysis and independent decision-making process. Members are expected to exercise their own professional judgment in the matter into which they are inquiring.
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association: Filing a Complaint Against an Attorney
Ohio State Bar Association articles: Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct Govern Attorneys' Actions; How to File a Complaint ; Attorney Ethics Judged by State's Supreme Court
The Continuing Legal Education requirements for Ohio Attorneys are set out on the web page of the Ohio Supreme Court's Commission on Continuing Legal Education , including a searchable and sortable index of CLE approved activities. The Activity Search will help you find approved attendance and self study CLEs. There is also a searchable List of Self Study CLEs.
Professionalism CLE Guidelines , of the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Professionalism, June 14, 2002
Bar Associations
Bar Associations provide opportunities to network and work for the betterment of the profession, the community, or a particular specialty. Select the links below to find membership information and applications:
American Bar Association The largest voluntary professional association in the world, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public. The ABA offers student memberships.
Membership includes many helpful benefits. For information regarding the ABA's Center for Professional Responsibility click here.
Federal Bar Association Professional organization for private and government lawyers and judges involved in federal practice. The FBA gives its 16,000 members a chance to meet at regional and national conferences, become active in informed discussion of substantive law issues, assume leadership positions at the local and national level, and network with other professionals in the field of federal law. The Northern District of Ohio Chapter has nearly 350 members, drawn from private practice, government departments and agencies, military branches, law schools within the district, and members of the federal judiciary. The Chapter is committed to serving the needs of the federal courts of the Northern District of Ohio and Sixth Circuit, as well as the needs of federal practitioners within the district and circuit.
Ohio State Bar Association The Ohio State Bar Association, founded in 1880, is a voluntary professional association open to any person who has been admitted to the practice of law. Law school students and paralegals/legal assistants are eligible for membership in the OSBA as associate members. Mission Statement: Our core purpose: To advance the professional interests of members of the Ohio State Bar Association. Our core values : Member satisfaction, professionalism, foresight, and quality services and products. Our goal: To make membership in the Ohio State Bar Association indispensable to Ohio lawyers. The Ohio State Bar Association offers free law student memberships.
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Founded in 1873, the over 5000-member Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association is a private, non-profit organization which provides a wide variety of membership services and operates as a center for legal professionalism in the region by educating the bar, providing resources that enhance client service and by promoting integrity and ethical behavior among lawyers. The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association was one of the first bar associations in the nation, even predating the Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, and is currently the largest metropolitan provider of legal seminars in Ohio. . The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association offers free law student memberships.
Norman S. Minor Bar Association The largest organization of African-American lawyers in the state of Ohio: formed in 1980 by the merger of four previously existing African-American professional organizations, to wit: John Harlan Law Club; Cleveland Lawyers' Association; The Black Women Lawyers' Association; and The National Conference of Black Lawyers, Cleveland Chapter. The association boasts a membership of approximately 100 lawyers, engaged in various aspects of legal practice throughout Cuyahoga and surrounding counties, and in all state and federal courts. The Norman S. Minor Bar Association offers student memberships.
Ohio Association for Justice Mission Statement: To seek justice for all...To preserve the constitutional right to trial by jury...To champion the cause of those who deserve redress for injury to person or property...To promote the public good through concerted efforts to secure safe products, a safe workplace, a clean environment, and quality health care... To further the rule of law and the civil justice system, and to protect the rights of the accused... To inspire excellence in advocacy through training and education..To encourage cooperation among members... To advance the common law and finest traditions of jurisprudence..To uphold the honor and dignity of the legal profession and the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity. The Ohio Association for Justice offers student memberships.
Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (OACDL), founded in 1986, is a professional association with over 525 members around the state. OACDL is an advocate of progressive criminal laws and policies that are consistent with constitutional principles, limited government intrusion into the lives of Americans, and a free society. The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers offers student memberships.
Ohio Women's Bar Association Purpose and goals: Fostering communications and networking among women attorneys; Promoting and advancing professional opportunities for women attorneys; Promoting the appointment and selection of women to various federal, state and local positions of influence; Promoting women as leaders; Promoting and providing continuing legal education targeting areas of particular interest to women attorneys; Monitoring and supporting government legislation policies and practices affecting women; Serving as a statewide resource representing perspectives of women in the legal profession The Ohio Women's Bar Association offers student memberships.
Other national, specialty and state and local bar associations can be located through such sources as Findlaw's directory , the Hieros Gamos web site, and the Washlaw web site.
Selected Treatises and Practice Guides
ABA/BNA lawyers' manual on professional conduct : ( Chicago : American Bar Association ; Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, c1984- KF305.A8 A116 Electronic access available to Cleveland Marshall faculty, staff and students from the CSU law network.
Susan J. Becker, Jack A. Guttenberg and Lloyd B. Snyder, Anderson's The Law of Professional Conduct in Ohio . LexisNexis, 2007- KFO76.5.A2 B43 2007
Ohio Legal Ethics Under the New Rules, Jones Day, 2006 - (Available on Lexis/Nexis and the LII's American Legal Ethics Library)
National Reporter on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility University Publications of America, 1991- KF308.A6 N382
ABA Compendium of Professional Responsibility Rules and Standards , Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, 1997- KF305 .A2
Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 6th ed., Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, c2007 KF305.A16 A482 2007
Restatement of the Law, the Law Governing Lawyers, American Law Institute Publishers, 2000 - KF300 .R469
Compendium of Client Protection Rules, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility , 2007
KF314.C45 C66 2007
A Legislative History : The Development of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 1982-2005, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility, 2006 KF306 .L45 2005
Thomas D. Morgan, Lawyer Law: Comparing the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct with the ALI Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility , 2005 KF306 .M667 2005
Geoffrey C. Hazard, The Law of Lawyering, 3rd ed. , Aspen, 2001 KF306 .H333
Edna S. Epstein, The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Doctrine, 5th ed. American Bar Association, c2001 KF8959.A7 E67 2007
Paul R. Rice, Attorney Client Privilege in the United States, West, 1999 - KF8959.A7 R52 1999
Ronald E. Mallen, Legal Malpractice, Thomson/West, 2005 -
KF313.L44
Ronald D. Rotunda, Professional Responsibility , 6th ed. West Group, c2002 KF306.Z9 R67 2002
Ronald D. Rotunda, Legal Ethics: The Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility , Thomson/West , 2000 - KF306 .L44
Richard E. Flamm, Lawyer Disqualification: Conflicts of Interest and Other Bases, Banks and Jordan Law Pub., 2003 KF306 .F53 2003
Eugene P. Whetzel, Conflicts of Interest, Ohio State Bar Association, 1996 KFO76.5.A2 W48 1996
Dennis J. Tonsing, 1000 Days to the Bar, But the Practice of Law Begins Now, William S. Hein, 2003 KF272 .T66 2003
Winning Without Losing Your Professionalism : Make Your Practice and Your Life Work for You, Ohio CLE Institute, 1998 KF306.A5 W4664 1998
Achieving Excellence in the Practice of Law : the Lawyer's Guide with Practice Checklists, 2nd ed., American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 2000 KF300 .P72 2000
William W. Patton, Legal Ethics in Child Custody and Dependency Proceedings : a Guide for Judges and Lawyers,
Cambridge University Press, 2006
KF306 .P38 2006
Lynn M. Mather, Divorce Lawyers at Work : Varieties of Professionalism in Practice, Oxford University Press, 2001 KF535 .M38 2001
Walter Bennett, The Lawyer's Myth : Reviving Ideals in the Legal Profession, University of Chicago Press, 2001 KF297 .B4 2001
Susan P. Shapiro. Tangled Loyalties : Conflict of Interest in Legal Practice, University of Michigan Press, c2002 KF300 .S43 2002
Modern Legal Ethics, Hornbook Series / by Charles W. Wolfram West Pub. Co., c1986 KF306.W59s Modern Legal Ethics / by Charles W. Wolfram. West Pub. Co., 1986 Practitioner's edition, KF306.W59 1986
Searching Scholar and Ohiolink
Search the main subject headings Legal Ethics; Legal Ethics--Ohio; Legal Ethics--United States; Lawyers--Discipline; Lawyers--Disbarment, disqualification, etc.; and Professional Ethics in SCHOLAR and OhioLINK catalogs
Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services
See Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community.
Selected journals or current awareness materials in Ethics & Professional Responsibility Law include:
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics / Washington, D.C. : Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 1987 - . K 7 .E5733
Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy / Thomas J. White Center on Law & Government, 1984 - . K 14 .O8
Professional Lawyer : PL / Special Coordinating Committee on Professionalism, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility / Chicago, IL : The Committee, 1989 - . KF 300 P76
Symposium Issue of The Professional Lawyer : selected papers from the ... National Conference on Professional Responsibility & ... National Forum on Client Protection Funds Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility, 1994 - . KF 300.A2 P76
National Conference on Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility, Annual KF306.A5 N38
Study Aids
- Professional responsibility [sound recording] / Law School Legends Series, KF306 .C52 2004
- Professional responsibility [sound recording] Outstanding Professor Series, KF305 .D54 2004
- Legal Ethics in a Nutshell KF 306 .Z9 R688 2007
- Understanding Lawyers' Ethics KF 306 .F76 2004
- Professional Responsibility : Examples & Explanations KF306 .W46 2007
- Questions & Answers : Professional Responsibility KF306.Z9 L66 2007
- CALI Lessons - Professional Responsibility category
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