Legal Ethics: Rules, Statutes, and Comparisons

Legal Ethics: Rules, Statutes, and Comparisons is designed as a rules companion to Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law casebook or any other legal ethics text. Table of Contents includes: The text of the ABA's now-former Model Rules of Professional Conduct, as amended ("1983 ABA Model Rules"); The text of the ABA's new rules, adopted by the ABA House of Delegates in light of "Ethics 2000" ("2002 ABA Model Rules"); A "red-lined" comparison of the 2002 ABA Model Rules to the 1983 ABA Model Rules; The text of the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility; Comparison between the 1983 and 2002 ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the California Rules of Professional Conduct and the California State Bar Act; The text of relevant California Rules and Statutes; The Securities and Exchange Commission's Final Standards of Professional Conduct.