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STATE ETHICS COMMISSION

Anyone who is covered by the conflict of interest law may request free, confidential legal advice about how the law applies to them in a particular situation. To request such an opinion, either:

• Call the Ethics Commission's "attorney-of-the-day" at (617)371-9500 or for those outside the 617 area, call (888)485-4766



• Write a letter, include all the relevant facts, address to: Legal Division, State Ethics Commission, Room 619, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108.

If you need advice by a certain deadline, please include that information in your request.

The Legal Division will only provide advice about your own conduct -- not about someone else's behavior. Also, the Legal Division is only able to give advice about prospective conduct (i.e., actions you have not yet taken), and cannot answer questions about past actions.

The Commission publishes Summaries of Advisory Opinions. The full texts of opinions from 1992 to the present and the full texts of selected opinions prior to 1992 are available on that page, which is a lengthy document and may take a few moments to load.