Categories : Legal Ethics
The New Rules of Professional Conduct: What Lawyers Need to Know about New Rule 1.1 [Competence] and Rule 1.3 [Diligence]
By Alara Chilton
With the November 1, 2018 effective date for California’s new Rules of Professional Conduct fast approaching, you may be wondering how new Rule 1.1 [Competence] and new Rule 1.3 [Diligence] will affect your practice. How do these rules differ from one another and what do they require of practitioners? Here is a brief look at what attorneys need to know about these two new rules.