Legal Ethics Information & Websites

ETHICS AUTHORITIES ON-LINE

NATIONAL GROUPS

American Bar Association (ABA) - http://www.abanet.org/cpr/pubs/ethicopinions.html -
Summaries of Formal Ethics Opinions of the ABA's Standing Committee on Ethics and Prof. Resp. (including links to obtain opinions).

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers -
http://www.nacdl.org/private.nsf/Committees/ethics?OpenDocument-
Ethics Opinions of the NACDL Ethics Advisory Committee, frequently asked questions, and advice regarding the analysis of ethics questions for criminal defense counsel.

STATE ORGANIZATIONS

Alabama - http://www.alabar.org/ogc/fopList.cfm
Alaska - http://www.alaskabar.org/index.cfm?ID=4665
Arizona - http://www.myazbar.org/Ethics/
Arkansas - http://www.arkbar.com/resources/resources_eth_disc.html
California - http://www.calbar.org/2pub/3eth/3ethndx.htm
Colorado - http://www.cobar.org/static/comms/ethics/fo_nondx.htm
Delaware - http://www.dsba.org/AssocPubs/ethics.htm
District of Columbia - http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/ethics/legal_ethics/index.cfm
Florida - http://www.flabar.org/newflabar/memberservices/Ethics/ [click on "Ethics Opinions"]
Georgia - http://www.gabar.org/ethics/advisory_opinions
Hawaii - http://www.hawaii.gov/ethics/opinions/AO.htm
Indiana - http://www.inbar.org/content/legalethics/legalethics2.asp
Kentucky - http://www.uky.edu/Law/Library/ky_thics_opinions.html
Maine - http://www.mebaroverseers.org/index.asp [click on "Ethics Opinions"]
Massachusetts - http://www.massbar.org/publications/ethics-opinions
Michigan - http://www.michbar.org/opinions/ethicsopinions.cfm
Minnesota - http://www.courts.state.mn.us/1prb/opinions.html
Mississippi - http://www.msbar.org/ethic_opinions.php
Missouri -
http://www.mobar.org/search/default.aspx?search=Ethics=Opinions&col+MoBar&within=text
Montana- http://www.montanabar.org/ [click on "Ethics Opinions"]
Nebraska - http://www.nebar.com/ethics/opinions.htm
Nevada - http://www.nvbar.org/Ethics/Ethics_Opinions.htm
New Hampshire - http://www.nhbar.org/ [click on "Legal Links," then "Ethics Opinions & Practical Ethics Articles"]
New Jersey - http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/ethics/search.shtml
New Mexico - http://www.nmbar.org/Template.cfm?Section_Summaries
New York - http://www.nysba.org/ [Click on “Publications,” then “Ethics Opinions”]
North Carolina - http://www.ncbar.com/ethics/eth_articles.asp
North Dakota - http://www.sband.org/Ethics/
Ohio Supreme Court - http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/BOC/default.asp
Oklahoma - http://www.okbar.org/ethics
Oregon - http://www.osbar.org/ethics/ethicsops.html
Philadelphia - http://www.philabar.org/public/ethics.asp[Click on “Publications and resources,” then “Ethics Opinions”]
Rhode Island - http://www.courtsstate.ri.us/supreme/ethics/defaultethics.htm
South Carolina - http://www.scbar.org/member/ethics.asp
South Dakota - http://www.sdbar.org
Tennessee - http://www.tbpr.org/Attorneys/EthicsOpinions/
Texas - http://www.txethics.org/reference_opinions.asp
Utah - http://www.utahbar.org/opinions/index.html
Vermont - http://www.vtbar.org/static/vtbar/
[Click on “Attorney Resources,” then “Advisory Ethics Opinions”]
Virginia Continuing Legal Education - http://www.vacle.org/leo.htm
Washington - http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/ethics/
West Virginia - http://www.wvbar.org/BARINFO/odc/LEIs/chrono_index.htm
Wisconsin - http://www.wisbar.org/ethop/

LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Los Angeles County Bar Ass’n- http://www.lacba.org/showpage.cfm?pageid=427 and
http://www.lacba.org/showpage.cfm?pageid=4320N
Nassau County Bar Ass’n - http://www.nassaubar.org/ethic_opinions.cfm
New York City Car Ass’n - http://www.abcny.org [click on “Reports/Publications”]
New York County Lawyers Ass’n - http://www.nycla.org/ [click on “News and Publications” then “Ethics Opinions”] reschedule
Orange County Bar Ass’n - http://www.obcar.org [Click on “Ethics Opinions”]
San Diego County Bar Ass’n -http://www.sdcba.org/ethics/ethicsopinons_toc.html
San Francisco Bar Association - http://www.sfbar.org/ethics/index.aspx
Suffolk County Bar Ass’n - http://www.scba.org[click on “Ethics Opinions”]

PATHFINDERS & OTHER ETHICS SOURCES
American Legal Ethics Library - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Ethics - links to professional responsibility codes nationwide.
LegalEthics.com - http://www.legalethics.com-- Mercer Law professor David Hricik, and Peter Krakaur, provide links to state and other ethics authorities. Professor Hricik also has a Legal Ethics and Risk Management page: http://www.hricik.com/business.html

Legal Ethics Forum - http://legalethicsforum.typepad.com/blog/-- Weblog featuring continually - updated materials on legal ethics.

Freivogel on Conflicts - http://www.freivogeloncomflicts.com/-- Ethics consultant Bill Freivogel’s “practical online guide to conflicts of interest for lawyers.”

sunEthics - http://www.sunethics.com/- Ethics links for Florida lawyers; state-by-state ethics links; and national ethics sites.

Virtual Chase Legal Ethics Guide http://www.virtualchase.com/topics/ethics.shtml-- A pathfinder leading to federal agencies, state ethics sites, and other ethics authorities.

LegalEthicsBlog - http://www.legalethicsblog.com/-- Kentucky lawyer Ben Cowgill’s blog about legal ethics.
Ethics Opinion Summaries (http://www.mcguirewoods.com/services/leo/) -- Attorney Tim Spahn’s summaries of Virginia and ABA Legal Ethics Opinions (including links to opinions).



David Finn