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Meanwhile, in Canada, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada has proposed changes to its Model Code of Professional Conduct that would include a duty of technological competence that is similar to the ABA Model Rule.

I am very pleased to let you know that the Federation of Law Societies of Canada has launched the Interactive Model Code of Professional Conduct, a new free online tool that links the provisions in the Federation's Model Code to the matching or related rules of professional conduct in every law society in Canada.

The Federation of Law Societies of Canada has proposed amending the Model Rules of Professional Conduct — the enforceable rules of conduct that set out the baseline standards of professionalism to which lawyers in Canada must adhere — to include technical competency as a component of the definition of «competency.&rRules of Professional Conduct — the enforceable rules of conduct that set out the baseline standards of professionalism to which lawyers in Canada must adhere — to include technical competency as a component of the definition of «competency.&rrules of conduct that set out the baseline standards of professionalism to which lawyers in Canada must adhere — to include technical competency as a component of the definition of «competency.»

[4] Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Model Code of Professional Conduct, Chapter 5, Rule 5.1 - 5 and Commentary.

Here, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada is now consulting on a change to its Model Code which would see the commentary to the general rule on lawyer competence amended to add the following statement:

Virtually all the reforms set out above would involve at least two layers of governance — first through the Law School and University collegial governance for approval of changes to academic rules (assuming a model is chosen not already provided for in the rules) and through the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's approval process.

The term «spirit» is mentioned in the Federation of Law Societies Model Code of Conduct but the rules are of no help in explaining how lawyers should exemplify spirit in their daily work.

Recently, I've been giving a series of CLE presentations to in - house counsel on the lawyer's duty to encourage settlement of legal disputes and to recommend alternative dispute resolution — Rule 3.2 - 4 of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada Model Code of Professional Conduct.

In this post, I will discuss the lawyer's ethical obligations in ADR, as set out in the proposed amended Rules of Professional Conduct for the Law Society of Upper Canada that will implement the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's Model Code of Professional Conduct.

To guard against attempts by unscrupulous clients to dupe legal professionals into laundering money or unwittingly financing terrorist activities, the Federation introduced a model No Cash Rule to limit the amount of cash lawyers and notaries may accept from their clients.

The rules in the Federation's Model Code of Professional Conduct governing conflicts of interest reflect the bright line rule and are consistent with the Court's decision.

The Federation's Model Rule on Client Identification and Verification is available here.

The Federation's Model No - Cash Rule is available here.

The Federation has been at the forefront of the fight against money - laundering and terrorist financing by adopting model rules to ensure that legal professionals are not unwittingly used by their clients to advance such activities.

To ensure that legal professionals are not unwittingly used by their clients to help with these activities, all of Canada's law societies enforce rules of conduct based on model rules developed by the Federation.

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The Federation of Law Societies essentially supported CNR's position saying that this was the intent of the Federation's Model Rule.

Take for example Federation Model Code Rule 5.1 - 2 (b), which tells a lawyer that when acting as an advocate she must not «knowingly assist or permit a client to do anything that the lawyer considers to be dishonest or dishonourable.»

After harmonization through the Federation of Law Societies Model Code, the professional conduct rules across the country are now generally known as the Codes of Professional Conduct.

The Federation has established a Standing Committee on the Model Code of Professional Conduct, which monitors professional conduct developments and changes in the law and recommends improvements to the Model Code as law societies apply the rules.

However, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's Model Code Committee is currently studying the issue of rules for retired judges returning to practice.

The Federation of Law Societies of Canada has proposed amending the Model Rules of Professional Conduct — the enforceable rules of conduct that set out the baseline standards of professionalism to which lawyers in Canada are to adhere — to include technical competency as a component of the definition of «competency&raRules of Professional Conduct — the enforceable rules of conduct that set out the baseline standards of professionalism to which lawyers in Canada are to adhere — to include technical competency as a component of the definition of «competency&rarules of conduct that set out the baseline standards of professionalism to which lawyers in Canada are to adhere — to include technical competency as a component of the definition of «competency».

The various Canadian codes governing lawyer conduct clearly prohibit a lawyer from knowingly assisting a client to engage in criminal, fraudulent or other unlawful activities (See, for example, Federation of Law Societies Model Code of Professional Conduct, («FLS Code») Rule 3.2 - 7).

The third edition of Legal Ethics: Theories, Cases, and Professional Regulation has been adapted to reference the Federation of Law Societies» Model Code of Professional Conduct as its primary source of ethical rules, so that it may apply to all Canadian jurisdictions.