Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Other Selected Standards, 2026 Edition (Selected Statutes)

New book purchase includes complimentary digital access to the eBook. Morgan’s 2026 Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility provides up-to-date versions of the rules governing one of the most dynamic fields in American law. Even more, this supplement is designed to give classes a basis for discussing the rules lawyers actually face. Not surprisingly, Morgan’s 2026 Selected Standards begins with the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Those are the rules tested on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) and they are the first rules most lawyers turn to when they talk about legal ethics. These 2026 Selected Standards also include the ABA Canons of Ethics and ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility for classes that want to discuss how today’s Model Rules evolved. This supplement also provides the black-letter rules of the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Third): The Law Governing Lawyers. This Restatement is the most comprehensive statement of the rationale and law regulating lawyer conduct, including principles going well beyond those found in the ABA Model Rules. The book then sets out the California Rules of Professional Conduct, selected California statutes regulating the practice of law, a(more...)