Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 5th Ed. (copyright 2003)

Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association
$78 CBA Members, $98 Non-Members
Newly revised to reflect the substantial amendments to the Model Rules adopted in 2002, the Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct is the ABA's definitive resource for information
about lawyer ethics.  This new edition incorporates all of the amendments the ABA made to the Model Rules in 2002 as the culmination of the work of the Ethics 2000 Commission, the Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice, and the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

Comprehensive and authoritative, each chapter includes a Rule and its Comment, a detailed discussion of the Rule's meaning, application and interpretation, with citations to more than 4,000 cases and ethics opinions, hundreds of law review articles, and the relevant sections of the new Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers.  It also explains and discusses the amendments that were made as part of the ABA's across-the-board revision of the rules in 2002. The information is carefully organized under numerous subheadings, making it easy to find specific information.

For all jurisdictions and practice settings, The Model Rules of Professional Conduct were promulgated by the ABA in 1983. They have been adopted in most jurisdictions, are under
consideration in several others, and are the basis for the amendments the remaining few jurisdictions have been making to their codes.

Free with purchase:  Included with your copy of the Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 5th Edition is a redlined version of the Model Rules that clearly identifies the changes made in 2002.