More About the American Legal Ethics Library

Where to find...

• Comparative materials
  • Model Rules: Current and pre-2002
  • Model Rules and Model Code
  • Topics by state
• State-specific materials
  • By jurisdiction
  • By topic
• Multidisciplinary practice

Structure

The narratives and primary material that comprise the core American Legal Ethics Library are structured to function as an integrated collection. All elements of the Library can be the subject of a full text search or entered via a table of contents, but each element is also linked to the rest of the collection in multiple ways permitting a user to track a specific issue or point from code to commentary in a single jurisdiction or vice-versa and to follow that same question into materials covering other jurisdictions. For example, a user interested in California's treatment of a conflict of interest question can readily find the appropriate code provisions, follow a link from them to the related portions of the explanatory state narrative that discuss relevant authorities, and through the narrative access comparable sections in the ABA Model Rules or Code or the legal ethics codes of other states.

Sponsorship and Editorial Coordination

Financial support from the W. M. Keck Foundation, has made possible the initial organization, coordination, and distribution of this digital library on legal and judicial ethics. The project began under the editorial leadership of Roger C. Cramton, the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell. Professor Brad Wendell now succeeds him as Editor-in-Chief.