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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Mar. 25, 2008

Rule Changes Bring Up Issues for Both Lawyers and the Public

Forum Column - By Mark Tuft - Plenty of issues in the proposed amendments to the California Rules of Professional Conduct warrant the attention of lawyers, bar organizations and the public.

FORUM COLUMN

By Mark Tuft
This article appears on Page 6

      Nothing draws controversy like revising professional conduct rules for lawyers. The legal community does not seem to have a unified view on what the scope of lawyer codes should be. Some view ethics rules in terms of their adequacy as minimum standards to weed out bad lawyers. Others evaluate rules in terms of whether they enhance compliance with the ethical no...

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