MRPC
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MRPC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, a set of ethical standards governing lawyers’ professional behavior in the United States.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abbreviation
→
legal ethics code → professional conduct rules → |
| adoption | widely adopted in modified form by U.S. states → |
| appliesTo |
attorneys
→
lawyers → |
| component |
Comments to the Rules
→
Preamble and Scope → Rules → Terminology section → |
| createdBy | American Bar Association → |
| field |
legal ethics
→
professional responsibility → |
| firstAdoptedByABA | 1983 → |
| governs |
advertising and solicitation by lawyers
→
candor toward the tribunal → communications with persons represented by counsel → competence of representation → confidentiality of information → conflicts of interest → judicial integrity and impartiality → lawyers’ ethical obligations → lawyers’ professional behavior → lawyer–client relationship → responsibilities of subordinate lawyers → safekeeping property of clients → supervisory responsibilities of partners and managers → |
| hasPart |
Rule 1.1 Competence
→
Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of Information → Model Rules of Professional Conduct →
surface form:
Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
Rule 3.3 Candor Toward the Tribunal → Rule 4.2 Communication with Person Represented by Counsel → Model Rules of Professional Conduct →
surface form:
Rule 7.1 Communications Concerning a Lawyer’s Services
Rule 8.4 Misconduct → |
| influences |
disciplinary proceedings against lawyers
→
state rules of professional conduct → |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
→
surface form:
United States
|
| legalStatus | model code → |
| publisher | American Bar Association → |
| purpose |
to promote uniform standards of professional conduct for lawyers
→
to provide a model for state lawyer ethics rules → |
| replaced |
Model Code of Professional Responsibility
→
surface form:
ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility in many jurisdictions
|
| standsFor | Model Rules of Professional Conduct → |
| subjectTo | periodic amendment by the American Bar Association → |
| usedBy |
courts
→
law schools → state bar associations → |
Referenced by (1)
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