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NY Bar Releases Ethics Opinions App
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) announced the release of its free Mobile Ethics App that allows judges, lawyers and law students to access instant ethics advice from portable devices.
The NYSBA, the largest voluntary bar association in the nation, has made its catalog of more than 900 legal ethics opinions, dating back to 1964, available through the app.
“Ethics questions can arise in many different contexts. The NYSBA Mobile Ethics App will allow judges, lawyers and others to access the opinions of the Association's Professional Ethics Committee on the spot from the convenience of their mobile devices,” says Association President Vincent E. Doyle III of Connors & Vilardo in Buffalo in a press release.
The NYSBA Mobile Ethics App is the latest in the Association's continuing efforts to make information available in the most current technological formats. In 2011, the Association launched its eLAP website, a secure means of accessing lawyer assistance information and services over the Internet, enhanced its website search capabilities through a new engine powered by Recommind, and offered its members discount subscriptions to Clio, a cloud-based practice management system designed especially for solo practitioners and smaller law firms.
The Mobile Ethics App is searchable by keyword, category or opinion number. Search results display a summary of each issue and a link to the text of the opinions.
Following the initial download, the NYSBA Mobile Ethics App is available whether or not users are connected to the Internet. Users will be notified through the app when new ethics opinions are issued.
Ethics opinions are issued by the State Bar's Committee on Professional Ethics. They were decided under the Canons of Professional Ethics, the Code of Professional Responsibility or the Rules of Professional Conduct, depending on when the opinion was issued. The opinions themselves contain specific references to sections of ethics code or law from which they were derived if users want to do further research offline.
The Mobile Ethics App can be downloaded through the appropriate application marketplace for iPads and iPhones, Android phones and BlackBerrys (search “NYSBA” for BlackBerrys and Androids, and “New York State Bar Association Mobile Ethics App” for iPhones). The app also can be accessed by visiting the NYSBA website at www.nysba.org/ethicsapp. Ethics opinions are also available online at the NYBSA website (www.nysba.org/ethics).
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The NYSBA, the largest voluntary bar association in the nation, has made its catalog of more than 900 legal ethics opinions, dating back to 1964, available through the app.
“Ethics questions can arise in many different contexts. The NYSBA Mobile Ethics App will allow judges, lawyers and others to access the opinions of the Association's Professional Ethics Committee on the spot from the convenience of their mobile devices,” says Association President Vincent E. Doyle III of Connors & Vilardo in Buffalo in a press release.
The NYSBA Mobile Ethics App is the latest in the Association's continuing efforts to make information available in the most current technological formats. In 2011, the Association launched its eLAP website, a secure means of accessing lawyer assistance information and services over the Internet, enhanced its website search capabilities through a new engine powered by Recommind, and offered its members discount subscriptions to Clio, a cloud-based practice management system designed especially for solo practitioners and smaller law firms.
The Mobile Ethics App is searchable by keyword, category or opinion number. Search results display a summary of each issue and a link to the text of the opinions.
Following the initial download, the NYSBA Mobile Ethics App is available whether or not users are connected to the Internet. Users will be notified through the app when new ethics opinions are issued.
Ethics opinions are issued by the State Bar's Committee on Professional Ethics. They were decided under the Canons of Professional Ethics, the Code of Professional Responsibility or the Rules of Professional Conduct, depending on when the opinion was issued. The opinions themselves contain specific references to sections of ethics code or law from which they were derived if users want to do further research offline.
The Mobile Ethics App can be downloaded through the appropriate application marketplace for iPads and iPhones, Android phones and BlackBerrys (search “NYSBA” for BlackBerrys and Androids, and “
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