ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions

  • Lawyer's obligations when client becomes impaired during the representation. : Opinion # 20-07
  • Disclosure of client confidential information to prevent reasonably certain death or substantial bodily harm : Opinion # 17-01
  • Withdrawal from representation and disclosure to court of client's increasingly impaired mental capacity : Opinion # 12-10
  • Confidentiality of impaired client’s medical report : Opinion # 00-02
  • Concurrent representation of parents and minor child : Opinion # 96-06

ISBA Advisory Opinions on Professional Conduct are prepared as an educational service to members of the ISBA. While the opinions express the ISBA interpretation of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct and other relevant materials in response to a specific hypothesized fact situation, they do not have the weight of law and should not be relied upon as a substitute for individual legal advice. For more information, call the ISBA Legal Department at (217) 525-1760 or (800) 252-8908.