Code of Professional Responsibility

Code of Professional Responsibility
The Model Code of Professional Responsibility of the American Bar Association consisted of basic Canons of professional conduct for attorneys together with Ethical Considerations and Disciplinary Rules for each Canon covering specific attorney conduct. Most states adopted similar professional responsibility codes as based on the ABA model. In 1983 the ABA replaced the Code of Professional Responsibility with the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
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"Canons" of the Code of Professional Responsibility are statements of axiomatic norms expressing in general terms the standards of professional conduct expected of lawyers in their relationship with the public, the legal system and with the legal profession. Such were initially adopted by the American Bar Association and later by most states.
See also canon

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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