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The D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Program provides guidance on questions that arise under the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct. Program services include publication of formal advisory opinions and confidential informal consultation with legal ethics counsel.
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Civility in professional conduct is the responsibility of every lawyer. While lawyers have an obligation to represent clients zealously, we must also be mindful of our obligations to the administration of justice.
A Summary of the Law of Lawyering in D.C.
This summary of the law of lawyering of the District of Columbia has been prepared by Covington & Burling LLP. [Updated as of June 1, 2007 (except for §§ 1.11:600-700).]
Ask the Ethics Experts
"Ask the Ethics Experts" is a periodically occurring column of the Legal Ethics Program in Washington Lawyer, the official magazine of the D.C. Bar.
- D.C. Bar Lawyer Referral Service
- Membership
- Continuing Legal Education
-
Communities
- Join A Community
- About Communities
- Programs and Events
- Publications
- Connect
- Leadership Resource Portals
- Communities On-Demand Library
- Public Statements
- Communities Elections
- Leadership
- Podcasts
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Resources
- Communities Newsletter
- Annual Well-Being Summit
- D.C. Bar Communities Lawyer of the Year Awards
-
Legal Ethics
- Rules of Professional Conduct
- Ethics Opinions 210-Present
- Ask the Ethics Experts
- Court of Appeals Adopts Amendments to IOLTA Rules
- Ethics Advice
- Ethics Opinions Substantively Affected by the Amended Rules
- D.C. Bar Voluntary Standards of Civility in Professional Conduct
- Publications
- Additional Resources
- Speaking of Ethics Columns
- Legal Ethics Opinions 2-209
- Practice Management Advisory Service
- Mandatory Course
- Lawyer Assistance Program
- Career Center
- External Resources
- Fee Dispute Program
