A lawyer typically spends four years in college and three or more years in law school. Some even spend a few years in graduate school before attending law school. While in law school, all lawyers are now required to take a course in professional responsibility and, prior to practicing law, lawyers take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) as well as the bar exam. As a result of this intense education, lawyers are seemingly well aware of many of their professional and ethical obligations. By way of example, lawyers must pay their annual dues to the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board and ensure that they have their 12 CLE credits, with at least one in ethics, completed annually. However, a surprising number of practicing Pennsylvania lawyers are unaware of their reporting obligations under the relevant Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct.
The legal profession, in order to accomplish its mission of predominantly self-regulation, imposes certain reporting obligations upon lawyers. Under the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, lawyers are obligated to report professional misconduct by other lawyers, as well as by judges.
A Lawyer's Duty To Report Misconduct Of Others
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