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Proposed Ethics Rule

Posted by: Barry Kolar on Feb 1, 2018

Materials Concerning Joint Petition Filed by Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility and Tennessee Bar Association for adoption of Proposed Rule 8.4(g) Banning Discrimination and Harassment

• Joint BPR-TBA Petition (filed Nov. 15, 2017)

• Proposed Rule 8.4(g) redlined to compare to current Tennessee Rule

• Proposed Rule 8.4(g) redlined to compare to ABA Model Rule 8.4(g)

• President's column from March 2018 Tennessee Bar Journal: "Ban Harassment and Discrimination Now," by Lucian T. Pera.

• Article concerning ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) and similar state rules: Stephen Gillers, A Rule to Forbid Bias and Harassment in Law Practice: A Guide for State Courts Considering Mode Rule 8.4(g), 30 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 195, 198, 208-11 (2017).

• Tennessee judicial ethics rule barring discrimination and harassment by judges

• Comment on proposal by Prof. Josh Blackman of South Texas College of Law (filed Dec. 11, 2017) concerning constitutional issues, including his earlier law review article on ABA Model Rule.

• Summary chart from ABA concerning adoption of anti-discrimination rules and comments in other jurisdictions

• Detailed information from ABA concerning adoption of anti-discrimination black-letter ethics rules in 25 jurisdictions

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