VIRGINIA STATE BAR SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY

THE VIRGINIA CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

 


LIST OF NEWLY REQUIRED, PROHIBITED AND PERMITTED CONDUCT

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Conduct Required by the Virginia Rules of

Professional Conduct But Not Required by the Code

 

B. Conduct Prohibited by the Virginia Rules of

Professional Conduct But Permitted by the Code

 

 

C. Conduct Permitted by the Virginia Rules of

Professional Conduct But Prohibited by the Code



D. Conduct Permitted by the Virginia Rules of

Professional Conduct But Not Explicitly

Permitted by the Code

 

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EXPLANATORY LIST

 

Table of Contents

A. Rules That Explicitly State What Is Implicit in the Code

 

B. Rules That Are Consistent with the Code and That Probably

Should Have Been Included in the Code

 

C. Rules That Provide Limited Exceptions to General Ethics

Principles in the Rules and the Code

 

D. Rules That Provide Guidance on Ethics Issues That Lawyers

Have Always Confronted but That Are Not Addressed in the Code

 

E. Rules That Provide Guidance on Ethics Issues That Have Become Increasingly

Important in Recent Years and Therefore Are Not Addressed in the Code

 

F. Rules That Reflect Conscious Policy Changes

 

 

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