Rules
BBO Treatise
Ethics
Bar Discipline Proceedings
Registration and Status
New Attorneys
- The purpose of this treatise, Massachusetts Bar Discipline: History, Practice, and Procedure, is to make the law and procedure related to bar discipline more accessible and understandable to the bench, the bar, and the public.To purchase a copy of the treatise, click here.
Ethics
- Rules of Professional Conduct (amended as of 9/1/18) set forth the ethical standards for the practice of law in Massachusetts and constitute a set of rules that all lawyers must follow.
- IOLTA and trust account information and record-keeping materials
Bar Discipline Proceedings
- Supreme Judicial Court Rule 4.01, the S.J.C's procedural rules on bar discipline.
- Rules of the Board of Bar Overseers, the Board's procedural rules on bar discipline (which supplement and interpret S.J.C's Rule 4:01).
- Supreme Judicial Court Rule 2:23 on Appeals in Bar Discipline Cases (modifies the Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure for bar discipline cases entered after April 1, 2009.)
- Policies of the Board of Bar Overseers concerning its existing policies and practices for guidance purposes.
Registration and Status
- Supreme Judicial Court Rule 4:02 on Periodic Registration of Attorneys
- Supreme Judicial Court Rule 4:03 on Periodic Assessment of Attorneys
New Attorneys
- Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:16 concerning the (required) Practicing with Professionalism Course for New Lawyers.