Ø Summary Chart of Global
Multijurisdictional Practice Rules Submitted to the ABA Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice, May 2001
Not exact matches
Many states have adopted
rules of professional conduct relating to
multijurisdictional practice.
The proposed
Rule 5.5, governing
multijurisdictional practice, would allow a lawyer admitted outside New York to provide legal services within the state on a temporary basis in several circumstances, including the catch - all of providing services that «arise out of or are reasonably related to the lawyer's
practice in a jurisdiction in which the lawyer is admitted to
practice.»
Multijurisdictional Practice — Information about state practice rules; CPBO is actively working to improve those that unnecessarily restrict in - house pro bono partic
Practice — Information about state
practice rules; CPBO is actively working to improve those that unnecessarily restrict in - house pro bono partic
practice rules; CPBO is actively working to improve those that unnecessarily restrict in - house pro bono participation.
In a case involving out - of - state
practice in an AAA commercial arbitration, the SJC notes that the ABA Model
Rules of Professional Conduct now expressly permit multijurisdictional practice in arbitration and that the Massachusetts rules committee is currently weighing adoption of that
Rules of Professional Conduct now expressly permit
multijurisdictional practice in arbitration and that the Massachusetts
rules committee is currently weighing adoption of that
rules committee is currently weighing adoption of that
rule.
A leading analysis of the issues related to
multijurisdictional practice is a 2002 report of the American Bar Association on the subject, much of which has been incorporated into the
rules of professional ethics for attorneys of many states.
That criticism was directed at the circumstances that required the Order, and namely the restrictions that Texas and other states (either on the basis of ABA Model
Rule 5.5 or otherwise) place upon
multijurisdictional practice.
Under Runyon's leadership, CPBO designed and implemented innovative initiatives to expand the commitment to pro bono across in - house law departments to include, among other things, the Corporate Pro Bono Challenge ® initiative and support for broader
multijurisdictional practice pro bono
rules applicable to in - house pro bono.