Ethics

The following links are provided for your information. The LIV Library has further links to a wide range of national and international organisations, courts, libraries and law schools.

Victoria

Free up to date electronic copies of legislation regulating the legal profession in Victoria can be accessed from the Acts, regulation & forms webpage.

• Legal Profession Act 2004 (pdf)
• Legal Profession Regulations 2005 (pdf)
• Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 2005 (pdf)
• Legal Services Board

Australian Capital Territory

• Legal Profession (Solicitors) Rules 2007(pdf) (September 2007)

NSW

• Revised Professional Conduct & Practice Rules (pdf) (August 1995)

Northern Territory

• Rules of Professional Conduct and Practice (pdf) (January 2002)

Queensland

• Legal Profession (Solicitors) Rules 2007 (pdf) (July 2007)

South Australia

• Rules of Professional Conduct & Practice (pdf) (March 2003)

Tasmania

• Rules of Practice 2008 (pdf) (April 2008)

Western Australia

• Professional Conduct Rules (pdf) (July 2008)

Australian websites

• Law Council of Australia
  • National Model Rules of Professional Conduct
• Standards Australia

International websites

• American Bar Association – Center for Professional Responsibility