Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics Research
Updated by Paul Hellyer
November 2012
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- Library Materials
- Ethics Rules & Opinions
- Treatises, Journals & Other Secondary Sources
- Free Web Sites
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Library Materials
Library Catalog
To search for books, journals, and audiovisual materials held by William & Mary libraries, use the online catalog.
Search Tips:
- Subject Queries: 'legal ethics' or 'judicial ethics'
- Individual jurisdictions can be searched, e.g. 'legal ethics' and Virginia
To search for materials from other libraries, use the Worldcat database.
Shelf Browsing
To browse the library's shelves for books on professional responsibility and legal ethics, look in or around call numbers KF305 or, for judicial ethics, KF8779. Some relevant books are on reserve.
Ethics Rules & Opinions
National
Model Code of Judicial Conduct (ABA)
Annotated: KF8779 .A96 2011 (STACKS)
Unannotated: KF306 .A755 (RESERVE) Lexis Westlaw
Model Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement (ABA)
KF308 .A943 2007 (RESERVE)
Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA)
Annotated: KF305 .A23 2007 (RESERVE) Westlaw
Unannotated: Lexis
Legislative History: KF306 .L45 2006 (STACKS)
ABA Ethics Opinions Westlaw Lexis (formal opinions) Lexis (informal opinions)
ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct (includes state, local and ABA ethics opinions)
KF305 .A8A4 (STACKS) (library has 1984-2005) Westlaw BNA
Compendium of Client Protection Rules (ABA)
KF314 .C45 C66 2011 (STACKS)
Combined State Case Law and Ethics Opinions Lexis
State Ethics Opinions--Combined Westlaw
Virginia
Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct
In Virginia Rules Annotated KFV2431 .A2 (STACKS) • State Bar Web site
Lexis (in Va. Code Annotated) Westlaw (in Va. Statutes and Court Rules)
Virginia State Bar Ethics Opinions
State Bar Web site Lexis
Other States
Check Lexis, Westlaw, the state code in print, or the websites of the state bar association and/or state court system.
Treatises, Journals & Other Secondary Sources
Selected Treatises & Restatement
ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct Westlaw BNA
James J. Alfini, Judicial Conduct and Ethics (4th ed. 2007 & annual supp.)
KF8779 .S47 2007 (STACKS) Lexis
Lawrence Fox, Red Flags: a Lawyer's Handbook on Legal Ethics (2nd ed. 2010)
KF306 .F692 2010 (STACKS)
John Wesley Hall, Jr., Professional Responsibility in Criminal Defense Practice (3rd ed. 2005 & annual supp.)
KF306 .H25 2005 (STACKS) Westlaw
Geoffrey C. Hazard, The Law of Lawyering (3rd ed. 2001 & annual supp.)
KF306 .H33 2001 (STACKS)
Gregory P. Joseph, Sanctions: the Federal Law of Litigation Abuse (4th ed. 2008 & annual supp.)
KF8887 .J66 2008 (STACKS) Lexis
Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers (2000)
KF395 .A2 L383 2000 (STACKS) Lexis Westlaw
Douglas R. Richmond et al, Professional Responsibility in Litigation (2011)
KF306 .R53 2011 (STACKS)
Periodical Index
LegalTrac is a database that indexes articles from law reviews, bar association publications, legal magazines and legal newspapers.Coverage: 1980-present.
Subject Queries:
- Legal ethics
- Conflicts of interest (Lawyers)
- Legal etiquette
- Judicial ethics
Selected Periodicals on Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics
Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
IN LAW PERIODICAL STACKS Lexis Westlaw Hein Online
Journal of the Legal Profession
IN LAW PERIODICAL STACKS Lexis Westlaw
Legal Ethics Law Review Articles, Combined Lexis
Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy
IN LAW PERIODICAL STACKS Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline
Free Web Sites
American Bar Association: Center for Professional Responsibility
Includes reports, surveys, news on recent developments, abstracts of the ABA's ethics opinions, links to state ethics rules, and other resources on legal ethics.
American Legal Ethics Library
Part of Cornell's Legal Information Institute (LII). Features original commentaries on ethics rules for various states and topics.
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
"An independent national organization of lawyers concentrating in the fields of professional responsibility and legal ethics." -- From the website
Center on Professionalism
From the University of South Carolina School of Law. Has a bibliography of articles, reports, initiatives and other resources on a variety of legal ethics topics.
Legal Ethics Forum
A popular blog on legal ethics authored by several law professors.
LegalEthics.com
A blog focusing on the ethical issues related to the legal profession's use of technology.
National Organization of Bar Counsel
NOBC's members enforce legal ethics rules. Their website has links to state disciplinary procedure rules, professional conduct rules, ethics opinions and other legal resources.
Virginia State Bar
Includes Virginia's Rules of Professional Conduct and advisory opinions issued by the Standing Committee on Legal Ethics, plus other information about attorney discipline and ethics in Virginia.
