Ethics Opinions - Other States - Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Research - LibGuides at University of San Francisco School of Law

Multi-State Sources for Ethics Opinions

Links to State Legal Ethics Sites - American Bar Association
State-by-state list of links to state legal ethics opinions and related state legal ethics, lawyer discipline, and professional responsibility materials.
Legal & Judicial Ethics & Disciplinary Opinions - Westlaw
Relatively recent, full-text opinions from over 30 states, plus the District of Coumbia. (Currently excludes: Hawaii; Idaho; Iowa; Louisiana; Maine; Mississippi; Montana; North Dakota; Rhode Island; South Dakota; West Virginia; Wyoming. And for some states, only judicial disciplinary opinions are available.)
National Reporter on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility - Lexis
Legal ethics opinions for selected states. Not currently updated; coverage ends on 2009. States not covered — or no longer covered — are: Arizona; Connecticut; District of Columbia; Georgia; Idaho; Indiana; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Montana; New Hampshire; New Jersey; North Dakota; Ohio; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; Rhode Island; Wyoming.
ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct - State Ethics Opinions
Selected summaries of state legal ethics opinions from approximately 1980 to the present (depending on the state). Links to full-text are given where available. Bloomberg Law version.
Digest of Bar Association Ethics Opinions - Print
Summaries of opinions (through 1982). Where the full text is available in another source, a citation is given. Zief Library location: KF 305 .A2 1970 Law Stacks.

New York State and Local Bar Ethics Opinions

New York State Bar Association Ethics Opinions
Opinions of the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics from 1957 to the present.
NY State Bar Assoc Comm on Prof Ethics/State Ethics Comm - Decs - Lexis
New York State Bar ethics opinions from 1972 to the present.
New York Legal Ethics Opinions - Westlaw
New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics opinions from 1977 to present. New York County Lawyers' Association Committee on Professional Ethics opinions from December 1979 to present. Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics opinions from 1986 to the present. New York Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics opinions from 1987 to the present.
New York County Lawyers' Association - Ethics Opinions
Opinions of the Professional Ethics Committee from 1912 (Opinion 1) to the present.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York - Ethics Opinions
Opinions of the Committee on Professional Ethics from 1986-1 to the present.
New York City Bar Assoc Comm on Prof & Judicial Ethics - Decs - Lexis
Association of the Bar of the City of New York ethics opinions from 1986 to the present.
The New York Code of Professional Responsibility: Opinions, Commentary & Caselaw - Print
New York State Bar Association opinions 735 to 830 (2006–2009); New York County Lawyers Association opinions 729 to 740 (2000–2008); Bar Association of Nassau County opinions 2001-1 to 2008-02; and Association of the Bar of the City of New York opinions 2001-1 to 2009-6. Zief library location: KFN 5076.5 .A2 A97 1997 Law Stacks.
Opinions of the Committees on Professional Ethics… - Print
pinions of the Committees on Professional Ethics of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York County Lawyers' Association.
NY County Lawyers Association opinions 1 to 445 (1912–1955).
Association of the Bar of the City of New York opinions 810 (1923–1956).
Zief library location: KF 306 .Z9 A8 Law Stacks.

Other Individual State Ethics Opinion Sources

The ABA is a great source for links to freely-available ethics opinions.

Westlaw subscribers can search individual state ethics opinions by typing the appropriate source name in the search box, and selecting the resulting source from the "Looking for this?" menue. Follow this format: "NAME-OF-STATE Legal Ethics Opinions." For example, for New Jersey, type "New Jersey Legal Ethics Opinions."

Also, the Zief Library has a handful of older state legal ethics opinions in print, as noted below.

Links to State Legal Ethics Sites - American Bar Association
State-by-state list of links to state legal ethics opinions and related state legal ethics, lawyer discipline, and professional responsibility materials.
The New York Code of Professional Responsibility: Opinions, Commentary & Caselaw - Print
New York State Bar Association opinions 735 to 830 (2006–2009); New York County Lawyers Association opinions 729 to 740 (2000–2008); Bar Association of Nassau County opinions 2001-1 to 2008-02; and Association of the Bar of the City of New York opinions 2001-1 to 2009-6. Zief library location: KFN 5076.5 .A2 A97 1997 Law Stacks.