Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct
Former, Cannons of Ethics and Disciplinary Rules Regulating the Practice of Law (DR).
Adopted as Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:07.
The Rules of Professional Conduct were significantly amended on March 26, 2015, effective July 1, 2015.
LAW STACKS, KFM2476.5.A2 M49 1997 (MCLE 1997).
Also available at the websites of Board of Bar Overseers/Office of the Bar Council (http://www.mass.gov/obcbbo/rules.htm) and the Office of Reporter of Decisions of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (http://massreports.com/courtrules/sjcrules.aspx).
Read "Comment" sections to have a clear understanding of rules. Corresponding ABA Rule, corresponding former Massachusetts Rule, and cross-reference are provided at the end of each Rule.
Massachusetts Attorney Discipline Reports: Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts compiled by the Board of Bar Overseers
LAW STACKS, KFM2476.5.A2 A497 (1981-).
Covers all decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court full bench, the Supreme Judicial Court single justices, and the Board of Bar Overseers.
Also available at Social Law Library (1974-).
Also available at the Board of Bar Overseers Website at http://www.mass.gov/obcbbo (1999-)
It publishes digests of Massachusetts opinions from 1980 and provides coverage of new Massachusetts developments concerning professional conduct. Limited coverage of Massachusetts ethics opinions appears in National Reporter on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility (1982-; available in BNAall and Lexis).
Opinions of the Committee on Professional Ethics, 1973-1993 (MCLE 1993).
LAW STACKS, KFM2476.5.A2 M37 1993.
Covers opinions between 1973 and 1993 and from 1998.
Opinions after 1973 are also available at the Ethics Opinion website of Massachusetts Bar Association. Keyword search is available.
http://www.massbar.org/publications/ethics-opinions/
Massachusetts Law Review (MBA, current awareness; 2001-)
http://www.massbar.org/publications/massachusetts-law-review
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (summary).
Free for the current issue at its website: http://masslawyersweekly.com/
Access older articles through Lexis.
Available at http://www.bostonbar.org/public-policy/ethics-opinions.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (summary).
ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct (1984-)
Massachusetts Committee on Judicial Ethics
The Massachusetts Committee on Judicial Ethics issues advisory opinions for both judges and court clerks.
The State Ethics Commission is an independent state agency that administers and enforces the provisions of the conflict of interest law and financial disclosure law.