ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN APPELLATE PRACTICE

A myriad of ethical considerations can arise during the course of appellate representation.  This page and links to specific topics provide the practitioner with resources to help in navigating the ethics in appellate practice. 

General Ethics Resources

Authorities - Statutes & Rules

Business and Professions Code section 6068
California Rules of Professional Conduct
Code of Judicial Ethics
Evidence Code sections 917 [presumption of confidence; electronic communication], 952 [confidential communication between client and lawyer], 953 [holder of the privilege], 954 [lawyer-client privilege], 956 [no privilege for crime or fraud], and 956.5 [no privilege if necessary to prevent crime or injury].
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Bar Associations

American Bar Association

Links to Other Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Pages
Professional Codes

California State Bar Association

State Bar Ethics Information Page
State Bar Ethics Opinions Page
State Bar of California Ethics Hotline
State Bar Ethics School
State Bar Ethics and Technology Resources
State Bar Guidelines on Indigent Defense Service Delivery Systems - 2006

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Ethics Opinions

Orange County Bar Association

OC Lawyer/Ethically Speaking
Formal Opinions of the Professionalism and Ethics Committee

San Diego County Bar Association

Legal Ethics

San Francisco County Bar Association

Ethics Opinions

Law Schools

UCLA Law School Ethics Site

TOPICS

Administration of Office and Files
Adverse Consequences
Appellate  Counsel Duties
Attorney-Client Confidentiality
Client Records
Client Relations 
Confidential Records
Conflicts of Interest
Cooperation, Trial Attorney’s Continuing Duty
Ethics in the Electronic Era