State Bar of Wisconsin

Ethics 2000 Committee proposed changes to Rules of Professional Conduct

The Wisconsin Supreme Court created the Ethics 2000 Committee to study the ABA's proposed changes to the model rules. The Ethics Committee's report and petition, which was filed on July 29, 2004, set forth its recommendations. This is the most comprehensive proposal for changes to SCR Chapter 20, Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys, since the mid-1980s.

Proposed rule changes

• New Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys, effective July 1, 2007 (Jan. 5, 2007) 575 KB
• Supreme Court Order No. 04-07 (August 7, 2006) 35 KB
• Recommendations for Further Comment to Supreme Court (July 21, 2006) 42 KB
• Proposed revisions to supreme court rules (draft March 15, 2006) 994 KB
• State Bar response to petition, submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court (Feb. 17, 2005)
• Supplement to Ethics 2000 Committee's petition (Feb. 8, 2005)
• Petition submitted July 29, 2004
• Proposed amendments (July 29, 2004)

Related articles

• Wisconsin Supreme Court establishes timeline for implementation of new Rules of Professional Conduct, November 1, 2006
• Overview: Court's Proposed Changes to Attorney Conduct Rules, Wisconsin Lawyer, July 2006
• State Bar seeks feedback on Wisconsin Supreme Court's draft revisions to SCR Chapter 20, Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys, feedback due July 19, July 7, 2006
• Board creates Ethics 2000 review committee, May 8, 2006
• Supreme court releases tentative draft of new ethics rules, March 17, 2006
• Supreme court schedules Ethics 2000 open administrative conferences, October 2005
• Ethics 2000: Understanding proposed changes to Professional Conduct Rules, Wisconsin Lawyer, November 2004
• Ethics 2000: Proposed Rule Creates GAL Conduct Standard, Wisconsin Lawyer, December 2004
• Ethics 2000: Unbundling Legal Services, Wisconsin Lawyer, February 2005

Related links:

• Unbundling of Legal Services Committee recommendations
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules
• American Bar Association
  • ABA Model Rules
  • ABA Ethics 2000