Sentences with phrase «ethics rules regulate»

While they can set their own rates, state ethics rules regulate how hours are billed and how law firms do business.

Not exact matches

A professor can teach legal ethics and refuse to discuss the rules of professional conduct (although that is more difficult now the Federation of Law Societies regulates the content of ethics courses).

These Bar Associations depend on required fees to regulate the profession, to write ethics opinions, to investigate violations of the rules.

Lawyer behavior was regulated through those ethics rules and, I truly believe, a sincere sense of duty to the legal system and society, including a commitment to pro bono.

Recognizing the need to prevent harm to the public from the unethical practice of law and recognizing the need to provide a clear and timely understanding of the ethics of practicing law; and further acting under its inherent power to regulate the practice of law, this court promulgates the following rules for the purpose of making available advisory opinions on the ethical considerations of the practice of law.

Although the Supreme Court of Georgia retains ultimate authority to regulate the legal profession, the State Bar of Georgia's Office of the General Counsel serves as the Court's arm to investigate and prosecute claims that a lawyer has violated the ethics rules.

Real property appraisers, like real estate practitioners, are licensed and regulated by state government agencies; but they also must operate under federal guidelines, including the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, which includes all - encompassing rules that define and govern ethics and competency.