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Professional Responsibility and California Legal Ethics

This guide provides guidance for locating ABA rules of professional conduct, ABA ethics opinions, state statutes and rules governing attorney conduct in California, and other sources related to legal ethics and legal malpractice.
URL: https://libguides.law.ucla.edu/ethics

California Ethics Opinions

California Compendium on Professional Responsibility

California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct

California Judicial Ethics Opinions

Los Angeles County Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics

California State Bar Court Reporter

The California State Bar Court Reporter is the official source for the opinions of the Review Department, the appellate department of the State Bar Court.

Includes topical digests, table of cases (including case numbers and subsequent history notations), and a chart which cross-references California disciplinary rules with the ABA Model Code and Model Rules provisions.

ABA Ethics Opinions

ABA ethics opinions are available to law students, faculty, and staff on Lexis and Westlaw:

Non-law UCLA students, faculty, and staff can access ABA ethics opinions on Nexis Uni:

Finally, the library also owns a collection of ABA ethics opinions in print:

Informal Advisory Letters and Memoranda and Formal Opinions of the United States Office of Government Ethics

The OGE issues informal advisory letters and memoranda and formal opinions on how to interpret and comply with conflict of interest, post-employment, standards of conduct, and financial disclosure requirements in the executive branch.

OGE materials are available to law students, faculty, and staff on Lexis and Westlaw:

Non-law UCLA students, faculty, and staff can access OGE materials on Nexis Uni:

Finally, the general public can access OGE materials for free on the agency's website:

Ethics Opinions for Other States

Ethics opinions for other states are available to law students, faculty, and staff on Lexis and Westlaw:

Non-law UCLA students, faculty, and staff can access ethics materials for other states on Nexis Uni:

Members of the general public should check the website of the specific state agency whose opinions they are researching.