Lawyers Accept Responsibility to Protect the Public

Our State Bar's President Thomas J. Basting Sr. in his column in this month's Wisconsin Lawyer

The rules that govern our professional practices were once called the Rules of Professional Responsibility. The new Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys became effective July 1.

Before the Rules of Professional Responsibility, there were the Canons of Professional Ethics. Trend?

I promise not to preach. I promise not to get sidetracked by tinkering with the diploma privilege and Bar membership issues.