Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1999
Abstract
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct defined the agenda for the post- Watergate renaissance in legal ethics. While there had been some form of codified precepts for American lawyers since at least 1908, Watergate inspired a desire to clean up a disgraced profession. The American Bar Association (ABA) promulgated the Model Rules; law schools instituted mandatory courses; and scholars debated and analyzed the new Model Rules. The organized bar devoted much time and attention to developing these guidelines. The mainstream media covered both the bar's original efforts and the subsequent adoption of the Model Rules by particular jurisdictions. Today, forty-three American jurisdictions have adopted ethics guidelines based closely on the Model Rules.
Publication Citation
12 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 409
Scholarly Commons Citation
Feldman, Heidi Li, "Beyond the Model Rules: The Place of Examples in Legal Ethics" (1999). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 1720.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1720