Alumni-Resource Guide -Practice, Professionalism and Ethics
Learn the requirements of practice and ethical rules governing the profession in your jurisdiction:
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: View approved activities or approved self-study activities.
Check the rules for Attorney Registration in the jurisdictions where you plan to practice.
Know the rules of attorney ethics and conduct, as well as the disciplinary procedures in effect in the jurisdiction. In Ohio, see:
- Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct (effective February 1, 2007) superceding the Ohio Rules of Court: Code of Professional Responsibility
- Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism: See Gov. Bar. Rule XV. - Commission on Professionalism ; Professionalism CLE Guidelines ;Professional Ideals for Ohio Lawyers and Judges
- 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 twelve 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. 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.
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Ethics Inquiry Service: The Ethics Inquiry Service is a benefit that the Cleveland Metropolitan 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
Other ethics and professional responsibility web resources include:
- 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.
Selected ethics and professional responsibility titles available at the Cleveland-Marshall Law Library:
Report of the Supreme Court Task Force on Rules of Professional Conduct. West Pub./Ohio State Bar Association, 2005 KFO76.5.A2 O352 2005
Susan J. Becker, Lloyd B. Snyder, Jack A.Guttenberg, Anderson's The Law of Professional Conduct in Ohio, LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2007 KFO76.5.A2 B43 2007
ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. Chicago : American Bar Association ; Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, c1984- KF305.A8 A116
Geoffrey C. Hazard, The Law of Lawyering, 3rd ed., Aspen, 2001 KF306 .H333
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
Model Rules for Client Protection, American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility, c2002 KF311.Z9 M62 2002
Restatement of the Law, the Law Governing Lawyers, American Law Institute Publishers, 2000 - KF300 .R469
Ronald D. Rotunda, Professional Responsibility , 7th ed. West Group, c2004 KF306.Z9 R67 2004
Eugene P. Whetzel, Conflicts of Interest, Ohio State Bar Association, 1996 KFO76.5.A2 W48 1996
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