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State Bar of Wisconsin ethics opinions
Researchers should note that the new Rules of
Professional Conduct for Attorneys become effective on July 1,
2007.
About State Bar ethics opinions
Ethics opinions of the State Bar Professional
Ethics Committee apply the Rules of Professional
Conduct for Attorneys and the prior standards in the Code of
Professional Responsibility to specific factual situations. Although not
binding, these ethics opinions constitute an important source of ethics
guidance for Wisconsin lawyers. State Bar ethics opinions are authored
by a committee directly accountable to the State Bar and ultimately
accountable to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Although the ethics opinions are advisory only and not binding on the
Office of Lawyer
Regulation, the OLR often takes ethics opinions into consideration
when evaluating the propriety of lawyers' conduct.
- Formal
opinions address fairly broad questions and are issued in response
to requests by State Bar members. Currently, the State Bar issues only
formal opinions.
- Before 1974, the State Bar also issued informal
opinions, responding to inquiries from State Bar members about
issues generally narrower than those addressed in formal opinions.
- Memorandum
opinions are no longer in use; they were primarily responses to
lawyers' requests for ethical guidance from State Bar staff
counsel.
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