Library Guides: Ethics and Professional Conduct: External Resources

Additional Resources

A thorough analysis of applied ethical conduct in the industry with real world examples written by university lecturers.

This source focuses on the more general professional and ethical duties placed on lawyers—duties or rules over and above those specifically developed to govern discovery practice. These ethical duties, and the enforcement mechanisms, are also more clearly directed to lawyers, as opposed to other parties.

Outlook of the legal professional ethics primarily focusing on conduct rules and the duties to the client and court proceedings.

An overview of the ethical standards of the law society provided by the ethics unit from the Law Society of NSW.

Rules to assist solicitors to act ethically and in accordance with the principles of professional conduct established by the common law and these Rules.

The Law Society delivers information to help practising solicitors both understand and comply with legislative obligations contained in the Legal Profession Uniform Law the Legal Profession Uniform Application Act 2014, the Legal Profession Uniform Regulations 2015, the Legal Profession Uniform Application Regulation 2015, the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015, the Admission Rules 2015, as well as their professional obligations under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitor's Conduct Rules 2015, Legal Practice (Solicitors) Rules 2015, and the Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors Rules 2015).

The information and resources available include online tools, calculators, links to research papers, checklists and overviews of the different sections of the Law Society available to assist the profession in maintaining high standards.

Free database run by a consortia of Australian Universities and other institutions containing full-text for legislation, journal articles, and rulings.

Introduction to Ethics and Professional Conduct Standards