Perspective
Jan. 27, 2011
Refining Our Effort to Institutionalize Ethical Behavior
The Rules of Professional Conduct finally address the issue of subordinate attorneys who feel pressured to act unethically. By Sigrid Irias of Sedgwick Detert.
"No code or set of rules can be framed, which will particularize all the duties of the lawyer in the varying phases of litigation or in all the relations of professional life." ABA Canon of Professional Ethics, 1908. Nonetheless, we keep trying. In July and September 2010, the State Bar's Board of Governors approved 67 new and revised proposed rules of professional conduct, which will take effect upon approval by the state Sup...
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