Model Code of Professional Responsibility

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The Model Code of Professional Responsibility was the American Bar Association’s former framework of ethical standards and disciplinary rules governing lawyers’ professional conduct in the United States.


Statements (42)
Predicate Object
instanceOf American Bar Association model rule
legal ethics code
professional conduct code
appliesTo attorneys
lawyers
legal profession
author American Bar Association
countryOfOrigin United States
field legal ethics
professional responsibility
governs law firm practice
lawyer–client relationship
lawyer’s duties to the court
lawyer’s duties to third parties
hasPart Canons of Professional Ethics
Disciplinary Rules
Ethical Considerations
hasPurpose to provide a basis for lawyer discipline
to provide ethical standards for lawyers
implementedBy state bar authorities
state supreme courts
influenced judicial decisions on lawyer discipline
state codes of professional responsibility
influencedBy Canons of Professional Ethics
jurisdiction United States
language English
legalStatus model code
publisher American Bar Association
regulates advertising by lawyers
client confidentiality
competence of representation
conflicts of interest
fees and fee arrangements
professional conduct of lawyers
professional discipline of lawyers
solicitation by lawyers
replacedBy Model Rules of Professional Conduct
status superseded
subject law
legal profession regulation
professional ethics
usedAs framework for ethical standards for lawyers in the United States

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
MRPC ("ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility in many jurisdictions")
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
replaced
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ("Code of professional responsibility for Pennsylvania lawyers")
enforces
Model Code of Professional Responsibility ("Canons of Professional Ethics")
hasPart
Model Code of Professional Responsibility ("Canons of Professional Ethics")
influencedBy

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