Rules

• The RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT set out the minimum ethical standards for the practice of law and constitute a set of rules which all lawyers must follow.
  • Rules for Maintaining Trust Accounts
  • Board Policies and Practices
  • "RECORD TIME: Countdown to the New Rule on Trust Accounting" by Daniel C. Crane, Bar Counsel, May, 2004
  • "Records for Other People's Money" by Daniel C. Crane, Bar Counsel, October, 2003
  • IOLTA Committee Booklet, "Managing Clients' Funds and Avoiding Ethical Problems"
  • The Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has prepared a guide to MAINTAINING LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNTS WITH QUICKEN® 2002 BASIC that may be helpful. The "total of all client matter balances" that is required by Mass. R. Prof. C. 1.15(f)(E) is called a "trial balance" in Minnesota

• SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT RULE 4:01 contains procedural rules governing bar discipline.

• ORDER ESTABLISHING A MODIFIED PROCEDURE FOR APPEALS IN BAR DISCIPLINE CASES - This order issued by the Supreme Judicial Court on March 5, 2009 modifies the Rules of Appellate Procedure for Bar Discipline cases entered after April 1, 2009.

• The RULES OF THE BOARD OF BAR OVERSEERS supplement and interpret the S.J.C. Rules and govern proceedings before the Board.

• Supreme Judicial Court Rules 4:02 and 4:03, governing attorney registration and status.

• Supreme Judicial Court Adds New S.J.C. Rule 3:16 Requiring Course for New Admittees
  

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