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End-of-life notice: American Legal Ethics Library

As of March 1, 2013, the Legal Information Institute is no longer maintaining the information in the American Legal Ethics Library. It is no longer possible for us to maintain it at a level of completeness and accuracy given its staffing needs. It is very possible that we will revive it at a future time. At this point, it is in need of a complete technological renovation and reworking of the "correspondent firm" model which successfully sustained it for many years.

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Oregon Code of Professional Conduct

[This edition, compiled by the LII editors, has a cutoff date of June 1, 2002.]

Preamble, Scope, and Terminology

Part 1: Client-Lawyer Relationship

  • Rule 1.1: Competence
  • Rule 1.2: Scope of Representation and Allocation of Authority Between Client and Lawyer
  • Rule 1.3: Diligence
  • Rule 1.4: Communication
  • Rule 1.5: Fees
  • Rule 1.6: Confidentiality of Information
  • Rule 1.7: Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
  • Rule 1.8: Conflict of Interest: Current Clients: Specific Rules
  • Rule 1.9: Duties to Former Client
  • Rule 1.10: Imputation of Conflict of Interest; Screening
  • Rule 1.11: Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employees
  • Rule 1.12: Former Judge, Arbitrator, Mediator, or Other Third-Party Neutral
  • Rule 1.13: Organization as Client
  • Rule 1.14: Client with Diminished Capacity
  • Rule 1.15: Safekeeping Property; IOLTA Accounts
  • Rule 1.16: Declining or Terminating Representation
  • Rule 1.17: Sale of Law Practice
  • Rule 1.18: Duties to Prospective Client

Part 2: Advisor

Part 3: Advocate

  • Rule 3.1: Meritorious Claims and Contentions
  • Rule 3.2: [RESERVED]
  • Rule 3.3: Candor Towards the Tribunal
  • Rule 3.4: Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel
  • Rule 3.5: Impartiality and Decorum of the Tribunal
  • Rule 3.6: Trial Publicity
  • Rule 3.7: Lawyer as Witness
  • Rule 3.8: Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor
  • Rule 3.9: Advocate in Nonadjudicative Proceedings

Part 4: Transactions with Persons Other than Client

  • Rule 4.1: Truthfulness in Statements to Others
  • Rule 4.2: Communication with Person Represented by Counsel
  • Rule 4.3: Dealing with Unrepresented Persons
  • Rule 4.4: Respect for the Rights of Third Persons; Inadvertantly Sent Documents

Part 5: Law Firms and Associations

  • Rule 5.1: Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, Supervisory Lawyers
  • Rule 5.2 : Responsibilities of a Subordinate Lawyer
  • Rule 5.3: Responsibilities of Nonlawyer Assistants
  • Rule 5.4: Professional Independence of a Lawyer
  • Rule 5.5: Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice
  • Rule 5.6: Restrictions on the Right to Practice
  • Rule 5.7: [RESERVED]

Part 6: Public Service

  • Rule 6.1 : [RESERVED]
  • Rule 6.2 : [RESERVED]
  • Rule 6.3 : Membership in Legal Services Organization
  • Rule 6.4 : Law Reform Activities Affecting Client Interests
  • Rule 6.5 : Nonprofit and Court-Annexed Limited Legal Services Programs

Part 7: Advertising

Part 8: Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession

  • Rule 8.1 : Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters
  • Rule 8.2 : Judicial and Legal Officials
  • Rule 8.3: Reporting Professional Misconduct
  • Rule 8.4: Misconduct
  • Rule 8.5: Disciplinary Authority
  • Rule 8.6: Written Advisory Opinions on Professional Conduct; Consideration Given in Disciplinary Proceedingst