Virginia Resources

Rules

Databases

• ABA/Bloomberg Law Virginia Ethics Resources
• Section II. Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct on Lexis: Found in Virginia State & Federal Court Rules: Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia: Part Six. Integration of the State Bar.
• Section II. Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct on Westlaw: Found in Virginia Statutes & Court Rules: Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia: Part Six. Integration of the State Bar.
• Section III. Canons of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth of Virginia on Lexis: Found in Virginia State & Federal Court Rules: Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia: Part Six. Integration of the State Bar.
• Section III. Canons of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth of Virginia on Westlaw: Found in Virginia Statutes & Court Rules: Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia: Part Six. Integration of the State Bar.

Websites

• Section II. Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct (Va. St. Bar)
• Section III. Canons of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Cts.)

Opinions

Databases

• Virginia Opinions of the Standing Committee on Legal Ethics on Lexis: Found in All Virginia Administrative Materials.
• Virginia State Bar Legal Ethics Opinions on Westlaw: Found in Virginia Administrative Decisions & Guidance.
• Virginia Legal Disciplinary Opinions on Westlaw: Found in Virginia Administrative Decisions & Guidance.
• Virginia Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee on Lexis: Found in All Virginia Administrative Materials.
• Virginia Judicial Ethics Opinions on Westlaw: Found in Virginia Administrative Decisions & Guidance.

Websites

• Legal Ethics Opinions (Va. St. Bar)
• Virginia Legal Ethics Opinions List (Va. CLE)
• Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions (Va. Jud. Sys.)

Readings

• Kathryn R. Montgomery, Top Ten Legal Ethics Opinions Every Lawyer Should Know: The Allen Law Firm CLE Series, Oct. 10, 2019
• Joyce Manna Janto, Avoiding Ethics Complains: Finding the Rules and LEOs, Va. Law., Dec. 2018, at 56
• Eric L. Olsen, "The Right Thing - Every Time": Ethical Guidelines for Virginia's Prosecutors (Va. Ass'n Commonwealth's Att'ys, 2017)