PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Research Guide

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Current Rules: Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct, effective January 1, 1998 In: Massachusetts Rules of Court, State (SJC Rule 3:07), published annually by West, beginning with 1998 volume. MAIN, REF, RES, and MASS COLL KFM2929 .A196 The Rules, looseleaf, published by Mass. Lawyers Weekly. MAIN and RES KFM2929 .A2 1988 Annotated Laws of Massachusetts, RULES volume. KFM2430 1932 .A2. Copies in MAIN, MASS COLL. and Reading Room. Massachusetts Bar Association’s website at HREF="http://www.massbar.org" TARGET="_top">http://www.massbar.org. Former Rules: Canons of Ethics and Disciplinary Rules Regulating the Practice of Law, in effect until December 31, 1997. In: Massachusetts Rules of Court (SJC Rule 3:07), published annually by West, in volumes through 1997. In Compact Shelving, KFM2929 .A195. CITATOR: Use Shepard’s Massachusetts Citations to Shepardize SJC Rule 3:07 for Appeals Court and SJC citations, but not Attorney Discipline Report citations.
FACE="Verdana, Arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FFFFFF">----------DECISIONS AND BAR ASSOCIATION OPINIONS-----------
1. Massachusetts Attorney Discipline Reports United States Code Annotated, Title 8, West Publishing The Supreme Judicial Court created the Board of Bar Overseers in 1974 to investigate complaints against lawyers. Decisions of the Board are released irregularly. Opinions are available in bound form from 1974 to within one year of the current year. The bound volumes contain indexes that can be searched by DR (former code) number.	MAIN KFM2476.5 A2 A497 CD-ROM 1997-
2. Massachusetts Bar Association Ethics Opinions The Mass. Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics prepares these opinions upon request. They cannot be Shepardized, but there is a searchable index. Earlier opinions are published in a bound volume entitled Opinions of the Committee on Professional Ethics, 1973-1993. The opinions are also published in Massachusetts Law Review and summarized in Mass. Lawyers Weekly and in the ABA/BNA Lawyer’s Manual on Professional Conduct, REF KF305 .A8 A22. The opinions are also available on the Massachusetts Bar Association website, http://www.massbar.org. Opinions dating from 1973 are searchable by keyword or by opinion number.	REF KFM2476.5 .A2 A49
FACE="Verdana, Arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FFFFFF">--TREATISES--
Bolan, James S. and Laurence, Kenneth. Ethical Lawyering in Massachusetts. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1992.	KFM2476.5 .A2 E83
Tuoni, Gilda M. Massachusetts Attorney Conduct ManualSalem: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1992. Out of print as of 1998.	MEZZ KFM2476.5 .A2 T86
Bolan, James S., ed. The New Rules of Professional Conduct: the impact on ethical practice in Massachusetts. Boston:Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1998.	KF305 .A2 1998
The New Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct. Boston, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1998.	KFM2476.5 .A2 M272 1998
FACE="Verdana, Arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FFFFFF">--AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY--
The American Bar Association “Model Code of Professional Responsibility”, originally adopted in 1969, was last amended in 1980. In August 1983, the ABA replaced the Model Code with the “Model Rules of Professional Conduct.” Bound copies of the Code and Rules can be found at the Reference Desk. The current Rules are also published in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest. CITATOR: The Code and Rules can be Shepardized using Shepard’s Professional and Judicial Conduct Citations, located at the Reference Desk. State jurisdictions that have adopted the Code may vary the wording slightly.
FACE="Verdana, Arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FFFFFF">--DECISIONS
The ABA"S Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility publishes formal and informal ethics opinions. They are located at the Reference Desk:
Opinions on Professional Ethics	Formal:#1-#315
Informal Ethics Options v. I & II	Informal: #C230(a)-#1284
Formal and Informal Ethics Opinions	Formal:#316-#348; Informal:#1285-#1495
ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual on Professional Conduct	Formal:#346-; Informal:#1458-
They are also selectively digested in ABA/BNA Lawyer's Manual on Professional Conduct, updated biweekly, located at the Reference Desk. You may request opinions directly by contacting: American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility 750 North Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Il 60611 (312) 988-5555 Customer Sevice To order single copies of opinions, you need to prepay the order. Single copies cost about $2.50.
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1. The National Reporter on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility is arranged alphabetically by state and updated irregularly; it includes the code of professional responsibility for each state and some opinions. It is located at the Reference Desk. Opinions for earlier years are on microfiche. 2. The website http://www.legalethics.comis a good source of ethics rules and opinions for some states.
FACE="Verdana, Arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FFFFFF">--TREATISES--
For treatises on professional responsibility, check shelf locations KF 305 to KF 308 in the Main Room.
Modern Legal Ethics, by Charles Wolfram. KF 306 .W59 1986
The Law of Lawyering, by Hazard and Hodes, (2 v. looseleaf). KF 306 .H393 1990
FACE="Verdana, Arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FFFFFF">--JOURNALS--
For treatises on professional responsibility, check shelf locations KF 305 to KF308 in the Main Room. Modern Legal Ethics, by Charles Wolfram. KF 306.W59 1986 The Law of Lawyering, by Hazard and Hodes, (2 v. looseleaf). KF306.H393 1990
FACE="Verdana, Arial, helvetica" COLOR="#FFFFFF">--WEBSITES--
American Bar Association http://www.abanet.org
Massachusetts Bar Association http://www.massbar.org
Boston Bar Association http://www.bostonbar.org
TARGET="_top">Board of Bar Overseers http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/obcbbo/obcbbo.htm