Month: August 2014

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Code of Judicial Administration

CJA 03-0104. Presiding judges. Amend. Outlines the final determination for purposes of a case under advisement.
CJA 03-0403. Judicial branch education. Amend. Requires new judges to attend the first orientation program held after they have taken the oath of office. Provides an exception if attendance is excused by the Management Committee based on good cause.
CJA 04-0202.02 Records classification. Amend. Makes actions to remove an individual from the National Instant Background Check System private. Makes Qualified Domestic Relations Orders private.
CJA 04-0403. Signature stamp use. Amend. Provides for a clerk’s use of a judge’s or commissioner’s electronic signature when the clerk otherwise has permission under the rule to use the judge’s or commissioner’s signature stamp.

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Rules of Professional Conduct

RPC 01.00. Terminology. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 01.01. Competence. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 01.04. Communication. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 01.06. Confidentiality of Information. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 01.17. Sale of Law Practice. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 01.18. Duties to Prospective Client. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 04.04. Respect for Rights of Third Persons. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 05.03. Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants. Amend. Changes the name of the rule. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 05.05. Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
RPC 08.05. Disciplinary Authority; Choice of Law. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

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