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Attorney/Client Arbitration Board
Clients' Security Fund
Lawyer Assistance Program
Legal Ethics
Practice Management Advisory Service
Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee

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About Regulation Counsel
The District of Columbia Bar’s Office of Regulation Counsel manages several programs and services designed to provide remedial and prospective direction to attorneys and their clients. These confidential services include the Legal Ethics Committee (LEC); the Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee (Rules Review Committee); the Attorney/Client Relations Program, consisting of the Attorney/Client Arbitration Board and the Clients’ Security Fund (CSF); the Practice Management Advisory Service (PMAS), and the Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP). In addition, the department coordinates the functions of other committees as assigned by the D.C. Bar Board of Governors (BOG).

In September 2003, the BOG formed the Disciplinary System Study Committee (DSS) to study certain aspects of the disciplinary system in the District of Columbia and recommend corresponding changes to Rule XI of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Rules Governing the Bar necessary to ensure that the disciplinary system continues to be as efficient, effective, and fair as possible. On February 28, 2006, the Committee completed its review of Rule XI and submitted its report and recommendations for public comment. The public comment period ended May 5, 2006. See the report and recommendations online.

In January 2005, the Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee completed its review of the ABA Ethics 2000 Commission's amendments and presented its Report and Recommendations about its proposed revisions to the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct to the BOG on January 31, 2005. After the conclusion of the Bar’s public comment period, the BOG reviewed the Report in five special meetings. The Report was approved by the BOG on June 21, 2005, and submitted to the Court of Appeals on June 23, 2005. The Court’s comment period on the proposed amendments to the D.C. Rules concluded on December 5, 2005. On August 1, 2006, the Court issued an order amending the D.C. Rules with an effective date of February 1, 2006. See the amended rules online.

Services include:

Attorney/Client Arbitration Board
Clients' Security Fund
Lawyer Assistance Program
Legal Ethics
Practice Management Advisory Service
Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee

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