The State Bar considers a new
rule that would append a courtesy and professionalism statement to the oath
attorneys must take before they are admitted to practice law.
| SOURCE: |
Board Committee on Operations |
| DEADLINE: |
Oct. 4 |
| CONTACT: |
Angela Marlaud
Office of Professional Competence, Planning and Development
State Bar of California
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2116
415-538-2171 (fax)
angela.marlaud@calbar.ca.gov |
The Committee on Professional
Responsibility and Conduct issues an advisory opinion interpreting the rules governing
whether attorneys may represent an individual client who has filed a Chapter 7
bankruptcy if they also represent one of the client’s creditors in an unrelated
matter.
| SOURCE: |
Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) |
| DEADLINE: |
Dec. 11 |
| CONTACT: |
Angela Marlaud
Office of Professional Competence, Planning and Development
State Bar of California
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2116
415-538-2171 (fax)
angela.marlaud@calbar.ca.gov |