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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]

Bar Associations

• American Bar Association
  • Resources may be available from the ABA
• 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
  • 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 Library - Professional Responsibility and California Legal Ethics

MCLE

• ADI MCLE Seminar Materials

 

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

 

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