Illinois State Bar

Legal Ethics Sites

• American Legal Ethics Library (Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School).
  www.law.cornell.edu/ethics 

  Searchable database contains rules of professional conduct and commentary on the law governing lawyers organized by jurisdiction.

• National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC). www.nobc.org
• Internet Legal Services.
  www.legalethics.com 

  Current issues in legal ethics and links to state rules and state bar associations

• Illinois Supreme Court.
  www.state.il.us/court 

  Opinions of the Court, including published opinions arising out of attorney disciplinary proceedings, and the rules relating to admission, registration, professional responsibility and the Code of Judicial Conduct

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).www.actec.orgCommentaries on certain ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct as they relate to common ethics issues for lawyers in the areas of trust and estate planning. Includes checklists and engagement forms.
• American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility. www.abanet.org/cprProvides resources in legal ethics including the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and headnote summaries of recent formal ethics opinions issued by the ABA. Also, provides links to directories of lawyer regulatory, lawyer assistance programs (including Illinois’ LAP) and client protection agencies in each jurisdiction and resource
  links.

Ethics Advisory Opinions

• Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Ethics Advisory Opinions.
  www.illinoisbar.org 

  For ISBA Members Only -Searchable database of ethics advisory opinions issued by the Illinois State Bar Association (1984 – present)

• Illinois Attorney General Opinions.www.ag.state.il.usOpinions issued by the Attorney General from 1992 to present.
• Illinois Judges Association.
  www.ija.org 

  Contains ethics advisory opinions issued since 1993 concerning the Judicial Code

Resources

• Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois.
  www.ltf.org 

  Information regarding the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program, the Honor Roll list of bank and financial institutions organized by judicial circuit and forms to set up IOLTA trust accounts

• Judicial Inquiry Board.
  www.state.il.us/jib 

  The Rules of Judicial Conduct and information regarding the submission and
  handling of complaints against Illinois judges.

• Illinois Board of Bar Admissions.
  www.ILBarAdmissions.org 

  Information regarding applying for admission to the Illinois bar, character and fitness review, the bar exam and a list of jurisdictions that share reciprocity with Illinois.

• ABA ETHICSearch Research Service. www.abanet.org/cpr/ethicsearchA research service, staffed by the ABA Legal Ethics Department, providing citations to applicable ABA ethics rules, ethics opinions and other relevant research materials in answer to questions concerning legal ethics. Questions can be made by phone (312/988-5323), mail (ETHICSearch, Center for Professional Responsibility, ABA, 541 North Fairbanks Court, Chicago, IL 60611-3314), fax (312/988-5491) or e-mail
  (ethicsearch@staff.abanet.org).
• CBA Committee
  on Professional Responsibility. 

  www.chicagobar.org/member/committee

  As a service to CBA members, the Committee responds to general
  inquiries from lawyers concerning professional responsibility.
  Opinions of the Committee of general interest to the profession may
  be published.

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