Minnesota Ethics Articles

A Look at Limited Scope Legal Assistance

   The use of “unbundled legal services” and limited
   scope legal representations is growing. This article
   looks at the attendant risks and rewards for lawyers
   and clients and examines some of the issues that arise
   in these nontraditional lawyer-client relationships. more

Reprinted from Minnesota Lawyer (December 1, 2008).
Index to Minnesota Lawyer Ethics Articles

Character
A lawyer's character plays an integral role principally
at two points in the professional regulation scheme: 
in bar admissions and reinstatement following
suspension or disbarment  more
Reprinted from Bench & Bar (December 2008).
Index to Bench & Bar Ethics Articles

What's New

Lawyers Professional Responsibility
Board Panel Manual  Word Format  Adobe Format

In a recent report, the Supreme Court Advisory Committee
to Review the Lawyer Discipline System recommended the
Manual be updated to include current case law and other
pertinent developments and that the Manual be posted
on the Lawyers Board Web site for easy access by all
concerned persons, as well as the public. 

Roger Gilmore & Murray Shabsis named
Lawyers Professional Responsibility
Volunteers of the Year. more

2008 Annual Report -
Of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board and
Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility more
Link to prior Annual Reports

Lawyers Board amends section I.6 of Appendix 1
to the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct
regarding trust account books and records.
Link to redline version   Link to Appendix 1

Report of the Supreme Court Advisory
Committee to Review the Lawyer Discipline
System

Lawyer Ethics Articles by Subject and Rule
Use our revised Subject Matter Index and new
Rule Index to research our archive of ethics
articles from Minnesota Bench & Bar and Minnesota Lawyer.  more

For Attorneys Only:  Advisory Opinion
Service Now Available On Line
Minnesota attorneys may now submit electronic
requests for an advisory opinion to the Office
of Lawyers Professional Responsibility.
Click here for details and request form.

Minnesota Lawyer Public Discipline
Search Now Available
Click the link on the menu to the left entitled
“Lawyer Search:  Public Discipline Record.”
Enter a lawyer’s last name.  A list of lawyers
will appear showing whether or not they are
authorized to practice in Minnesota and
if they have public discipline.  If they are
not authorized, it will state the reason.
Click on the lawyer you are inquiring about. 
If the lawyer has public discipline, there
should be a link to the Supreme Court
order or opinion.