Commentaries on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Authors

Thomas Andrews, University of Washington School of LawFollow
Karen Boxx, University of Washington School of LawFollow

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Description

This Fifth Edition of the ACTEC Commentaries continues the tradition of providing guidance on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct particular to estate and trust practitioners. The Fifth Edition update to the Commentaries takes account of amendments to the Model Rules adopted since the 2005 Fourth Edition, including those proposed by the American Bar Association Commission on Ethics 20/20 as adopted by the ABA in 2012 and 2013. It is current through August 31, 2015 as there have been no amendments to the Model Rules since 2013.

In addition to these updates, we have added Commentary and Annotations to four more of the Model Rules: MRPC 1.10, 5.3, 7.1, and 8.5 after concluding that these rules have a special kind of impact on trust and estate practice that justified including them.

This edition also takes into account related ABA developments beyond the Model Rules that affect estate and trust practitioners. In particular, we have updated the Commentaries and Annotations to take into account the work of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the ABA’s response to that work as they affect trust and estate practice.

Publication Date

2016

Document Type

Book

Publisher

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

City

Washington, DC

Keywords

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Disciplines

Estates and Trusts | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Comments

UW Law Professors Andrews and Boxx served as the co-reporters for this edition of the ACTEC Commentaries.

Recommended Citation

Thomas Andrews & Karen Boxx, Commentaries on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, (2016).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-books/16