Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

ABA Approves Changes To Attorney Advertising Ethics Rules

The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates approved on Monday an overhaul to its ethics rules governing attorney advertising and solicitation.  The ABA vote on Monday capped a four-year effort to modernize ethics rules promulgated in the 1980s–long before the Internet forever changed how lawyers market their services and communicate with prospective clients. The ABA’s […]

ABA Approves Changes To Attorney Advertising Ethics Rules Read More »

Seeking National Uniformity, California (Finally) Adopts New Ethics Rules

California is an outlier no more–at least when it comes to its ethics rules. On May 10, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued an order approving the adoption of a new set of Rules of Professional Conduct patterned after the ABA Model Rules, which were first published in 1983.  The court’s ruling means that California

Seeking National Uniformity, California (Finally) Adopts New Ethics Rules Read More »

What They Didn’t Teach In Law School: The Ethical Duty Of “Technical Competence”

“True wisdom is knowing what you don’t know.” — Confucius One of my former partners, a brilliant patent lawyer who was (and is) widely respected in the patent bar, used his desktop computer for one purpose and one purpose only—as a convenient surface on which to attach yellow sticky post-it notes to himself. To my

What They Didn’t Teach In Law School: The Ethical Duty Of “Technical Competence” Read More »

Law Firm Ethics Counsel Provide Risk Management Tips

During the July 31, 2015, semi-annual meeting of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers in Chicago, a panel of APRL attorneys who serve as their law firm’s internal ethics counsel discussed some of the common dilemmas and issue they face in their daily practice of representing their law firm client. The issues addressed during this sesssion

Law Firm Ethics Counsel Provide Risk Management Tips Read More »

APRL Clarifies Advertising Report Did Not “Slam” Current Ethics Rules

As reported last week, on June 22, 2015, following a two-year study, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (“APRL”) Board approved publication of the Report of APRL’s Lawyer Advertising Committee.  As explained on the APRL website, “The Report recommends extensive revisions to lawyer advertising rules so they are compatible with modern electronic means of communication. The

APRL Clarifies Advertising Report Did Not “Slam” Current Ethics Rules Read More »

Report Slams Ethics Rules on Attorney Advertising As “Outdated” And “Unworkable”

“It is long past time for rationality and uniformity to be brought to the regulation of lawyer advertising,” says the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) in a comprehensive report released June 22, 2015.  The report, which was authored by the APRL’s Regulation of Lawyer Advertising Committee, is the culmination of a two-year study of the ABA Model Rules

Report Slams Ethics Rules on Attorney Advertising As “Outdated” And “Unworkable” Read More »

Scroll to Top