TCLE has compiled links to books, websites, DVDs and other reference materials on ethics and professionalism issues.
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We provide national leadership in developing and interpreting standards and scholarly resources in legal and judicial ethics, professional regulation, professionalism and client protection.
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Created by then ABA President Carolyn B. Lamm in 2009, the Commission performed a thorough review of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the U.S. system of lawyer regulation in the context of advances in technology and global legal practice developments.
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The ABA's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility develops model national ethics standards for lawyers and the judiciary and drafts ABA Formal Ethics Opinions interpreting and applying those standards.
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The Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability compiles and provides information on legal malpractice claim statistics, insurance for lawyers, and malpractice prevention tips.
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The Discipline Committee is the entity in the ABA responsible for “developing, promoting, coordinating, and strengthening professional disciplinary and regulatory programs and procedures throughout the nation, including developing and promoting ABA activities relating to professional discipline, model rules for disciplinary enforcement and standards for the imposition of sanctions.”
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The ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism encourages, recommends and provides assistance to ABA entities in the development and coordination of professionalism initiatives; encourage and provides assistance to state and local bar associations, the judiciary, the law schools, and the legal community in their efforts to improve lawyer professionalism and competence; educates members of the legal profession, the judiciary, the law school community and the public about professionalism, competence and advertising issues; and evaluates and reports on trends and developments impacting lawyer professionalism, competence and advertising and recommend initiatives and policies to address them.
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The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct were adopted by the ABA House of Delegates in 1983. They serve as models for the ethics rules of most states. Before the adoption of the Model Rules, the ABA model was the 1969 Model Code of Professional Responsibility . Preceding the Model Code were the 1908 Canons of Professional Ethics (last amended in 1963).
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The Board of Disciplinary Appeals appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas is a tribunal consisting of 12 volunteer attorneys. BODA shall have and exercise all the powers of either a trial court or appellate court, as the case may be, in hearing and determining disciplinary proceedings.
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Civility Matters was created by ABOTA to be presented at ABOTA educational activities, other bar and professional programs, and law schools.
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