Legal Marketing Laws
State by State Ethics Rules Governing Lawyer Advertising, Solicitation and Marketing
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Laws by States
Alabama
Go to: http://judicial.alabama.gov/library/RulesBarConduct
Scroll to Information About Legal Services, Rules 7.1 through 7.6.
Alaska
Go to: https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/rules/docs/prof.pdf
Scroll to Rules 7.1 though 7.5.
Arizona
Go to: https://www.azbar.org/for-lawyers/ethics/rules-of-professional-conduct/
Click on the link above, click on Section 7. Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Arkansas
Go to: https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/cr/en/item/1868/…
Links to Rule 7.1-7.5 Info About Legal Services.
California
Go to: http://www.calbar.ca.gov/
Rule 1-400 Advertising and Solicitation
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys/Conduct-Discipline/Rules
Colorado
Go to: https://www.cobar.org/
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Connecticut
Go to: https://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/PracticeBook/PB.pdf
Scroll to rules 7.1 to 7.5.
Delaware
Go to: https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=160568
Click on link to download the pdf. Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
District of Columbia
Go to: https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/legal-ethics/rules-of-professional-conduct
Click on link, scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Florida
Go to: https://www-media.floridabar.org/uploads/2022/07/Ch-4-2022_02-AUG-RRTFB-8-1-2022.pdf
Click on the link and download the document. Scroll down to Rule 4-7.11 (starts on pg. 177)
Georgia
Go to: https://www.gabar.org/barrules/georgia-rules-of-professional-conduct.cfm
Scroll to Rules 7.1 though 7.5.
Hawaii
Go to: https://www.courts.state.hi.us/docs/court_rules/rules/hrpcond.htm
Scroll to Rule 7.2 Advertising.
Idaho
Go to: http://isb.idaho.gov/pdf/rules/irpc.pdf.
Scroll to Information about Legal Services at page 43.
Illinois
Go to: http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/SupremeCourt/Rules/Art_VIII/default_NEW.asp
Indiana
Go to: https://www.in.gov/courts/rules/prof_conduct/index.html#_Toc59012657
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Iowa
Go to: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ACO/CourtRulesChapter/12-31-2012.32.pdf
Scroll to Information About Legal Services beginning at page 76.
Kansas
Go to: https://www.kscourts.org/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Rules/Website-Rulebook.pdf
Scroll down to Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules 7.1-7.5.
Kentucky
Scroll down to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Louisiana
Go to: https://www.ladb.org/Material/Publication/ROPC/ROPC.pdf
Expand the Codes and Rules folder on the left and click on the first link for Rules of Professional Conduct.
Scroll to rules 7.1-7.5.
Maine
Go to: https://www.mebaroverseers.org/regulation/maine_conduct_rules.html
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Maryland
Scroll down to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Massachusetts
Go to: https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct-rule-72-advertising
Michigan
Click on the link to download the document. Scroll down to Rules 7.1 through 7.5 (starts on pg. 98)
Minnesota
Scroll to “Information About Legal Services”, Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Mississippi
Go to: https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_of_professional_conduct.pdf
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.7.
Missouri
Go to: https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=707.
Click the link above and view Rules 4-7.1 through 4-7.5 which are relevant to advertising.
Montana
Go to: https://www.montanabar.org/page/EthicsOpinions
Scroll to Rules 7.1 though 7.5.
Nebraska
Scroll to Rules 3-507.1 through 507.5.
Nevada
Go to: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/CourtRules/RPC.html.
Scroll to “Information About Legal Services,” Rule 7.1 thru 7.5A.
New Hampshire
Go to: http://www.courts.state.nh.us/rules/pcon/index.htm.
Scroll to Information About Legal Services, Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
New Jersey
Go to: https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/rules/r1-19a.pdf
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
New Mexico
Go to: http://www.conwaygreene.com/NewMexico.htm
Click to open “New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules”. Then open “Contents of Judicial Volumes”.
Scroll to 16 “Rules of Professional Conduct” and then click “7: Information About Legal Services”
New York
Go to: https://nysba.org/app/uploads/2022/08/Rules-of-Professional-Conduct-as-amended-6.10.2022.pdf
Click on the link and download the document. Scroll down to Rules 7.1 through 7.5 (starts on pg. 169).
North Carolina
Go to:http://www.ncbar.com/rules/rpcsearch.asp.
Use drop-down to go to Rule 7.1 through 7.5.
North Dakota
Go to: https://www.ndcourts.gov/legal-resources/rules/ndrprofconduct
Scroll to links to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Ohio
Go to: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Oklahoma
Go to: http://www.oscn.net/
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5 and click on each one individually.
Oregon
Go to: http://www.osbar.org/_docs/rulesregs/orpc.pdf.
Scroll to Information about Legal Services at page 18.
Pennsylvania
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5
Rhode Island
Go to: https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/SupremeCourt/Supreme%20Court%20Rules/Supreme-Rules-Article5.pdf
Click on the link and download the document. Scroll down to Rule 7.1 (pg. 140) through 7.5 (pg. 151)
South Carolina
Go to: https://www.sccourts.org/courtReg/
Scroll to “407-Rules of Professional Conduct”.
Then scroll to “Lawyer Advertising”. Click each link to view rules 7.1 through 7.5.
South Dakota
Go to: http://sdbar.org/Rules/rules.shtm.
Click on the link above. Scroll down to Rules 7.1-7.5.
Tennessee
Go to: http://www.tba.org/sites/default/files/2012_TRPC_1.pdf
See 7.1-7.4.
Texas
Go to: http://www.texasbar.com/
Scroll to section “VII. Information About Legal Services” beginning on page 83.
Utah
Go to: http://www.utcourts.gov/resources/rules/ucja/#Chapter%2013.
Scroll to Chapter 13, Rules of Professional Conduct.
Then scroll to Information about Legal Services.
Vermont
Go to: http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/
Links to Rule 7.
Virginia
Go to: http://www.vsb.org/docs/2008-09_rules-pc.pdf.
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.6.
Washington
Go to: http://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=ga&set=RPC.
Scroll down to Title 7, Rules 7.1-7.5.
West Virginia
Go to: http://www.wvodc.org/infolegalservices.htm.
Wisconsin
Go to: http://www.wicourts.gov/sc/scrule/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=45324.
Scroll to SCR 20:7.1 through 20:7.5.
Wyoming
Go to: http://courts.state.wy.us/WSC/CourtRule?RuleNumber=62.
Scroll to “Information About Legal Services.”
Alabama
Go to: http://judicial.alabama.gov/library/RulesBarConduct
Scroll to Information About Legal Services, Rules 7.1 through 7.6.
Alaska
Go to: https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/rules/docs/prof.pdf
Scroll to Rules 7.1 though 7.5.
Arizona
Go to: https://www.azbar.org/for-lawyers/ethics/rules-of-professional-conduct/
Click on the link above, click on Section 7. Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Arkansas
Go to: https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/cr/en/item/1868/…
Links to Rule 7.1-7.5 Info About Legal Services.
California
Go to: http://www.calbar.ca.gov/
Rule 1-400 Advertising and Solicitation
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys/Conduct-Discipline/Rules
Colorado
Go to: https://www.cobar.org/
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Connecticut
Go to: https://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/PracticeBook/PB.pdf
Scroll to rules 7.1 to 7.5.
Delaware
Go to: https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=160568
Click on link to download the pdf. Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
District of Columbia
Go to: https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/legal-ethics/rules-of-professional-conduct
Click on link, scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Florida
Go to: https://www-media.floridabar.org/uploads/2022/07/Ch-4-2022_02-AUG-RRTFB-8-1-2022.pdf
Click on the link and download the document. Scroll down to Rule 4-7.11 (starts on pg. 177)
Georgia
Go to: https://www.gabar.org/barrules/georgia-rules-of-professional-conduct.cfm
Scroll to Rules 7.1 though 7.5.
Hawaii
Go to: https://www.courts.state.hi.us/docs/court_rules/rules/hrpcond.htm
Scroll to Rule 7.2 Advertising.
Idaho
Go to: http://isb.idaho.gov/pdf/rules/irpc.pdf.
Scroll to Information about Legal Services at page 43.
Illinois
Go to: http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/SupremeCourt/Rules/Art_VIII/default_NEW.asp
Indiana
Go to: https://www.in.gov/courts/rules/prof_conduct/index.html#_Toc59012657
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Iowa
Go to: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ACO/CourtRulesChapter/12-31-2012.32.pdf
Scroll to Information About Legal Services beginning at page 76.
Kansas
Go to: https://www.kscourts.org/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Rules/Website-Rulebook.pdf
Scroll down to Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules 7.1-7.5.
Kentucky
Scroll down to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Louisiana
Go to: https://www.ladb.org/Material/Publication/ROPC/ROPC.pdf
Expand the Codes and Rules folder on the left and click on the first link for Rules of Professional Conduct.
Scroll to rules 7.1-7.5.
Maine
Go to: https://www.mebaroverseers.org/regulation/maine_conduct_rules.html
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Maryland
Scroll down to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Massachusetts
Go to: https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct-rule-72-advertising
Michigan
Click on the link to download the document. Scroll down to Rules 7.1 through 7.5 (starts on pg. 98)
Minnesota
Scroll to “Information About Legal Services”, Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Mississippi
Go to: https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_of_professional_conduct.pdf
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.7.
Missouri
Go to: https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=707.
Click the link above and view Rules 4-7.1 through 4-7.5 which are relevant to advertising.
Montana
Go to: https://www.montanabar.org/page/EthicsOpinions
Scroll to Rules 7.1 though 7.5.
Nebraska
Scroll to Rules 3-507.1 through 507.5.
Nevada
Go to: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/CourtRules/RPC.html.
Scroll to “Information About Legal Services,” Rule 7.1 thru 7.5A.
New Hampshire
Go to: http://www.courts.state.nh.us/rules/pcon/index.htm.
Scroll to Information About Legal Services, Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
New Jersey
Go to: https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/rules/r1-19a.pdf
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
New Mexico
Go to: http://www.conwaygreene.com/NewMexico.htm
Click to open “New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules”. Then open “Contents of Judicial Volumes”.
Scroll to 16 “Rules of Professional Conduct” and then click “7: Information About Legal Services”
New York
Go to: https://nysba.org/app/uploads/2022/08/Rules-of-Professional-Conduct-as-amended-6.10.2022.pdf
Click on the link and download the document. Scroll down to Rules 7.1 through 7.5 (starts on pg. 169).
North Carolina
Go to:http://www.ncbar.com/rules/rpcsearch.asp.
Use drop-down to go to Rule 7.1 through 7.5.
North Dakota
Go to: https://www.ndcourts.gov/legal-resources/rules/ndrprofconduct
Scroll to links to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Ohio
Go to: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5.
Oklahoma
Go to: http://www.oscn.net/
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5 and click on each one individually.
Oregon
Go to: http://www.osbar.org/_docs/rulesregs/orpc.pdf.
Scroll to Information about Legal Services at page 18.
Pennsylvania
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.5
Rhode Island
Go to: https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/SupremeCourt/Supreme%20Court%20Rules/Supreme-Rules-Article5.pdf
Click on the link and download the document. Scroll down to Rule 7.1 (pg. 140) through 7.5 (pg. 151)
South Carolina
Go to: https://www.sccourts.org/courtReg/
Scroll to “407-Rules of Professional Conduct”.
Then scroll to “Lawyer Advertising”. Click each link to view rules 7.1 through 7.5.
South Dakota
Go to: http://sdbar.org/Rules/rules.shtm.
Click on the link above. Scroll down to Rules 7.1-7.5.
Tennessee
Go to: http://www.tba.org/sites/default/files/2012_TRPC_1.pdf
See 7.1-7.4.
Texas
Go to: http://www.texasbar.com/
Scroll to section “VII. Information About Legal Services” beginning on page 83.
Utah
Go to: http://www.utcourts.gov/resources/rules/ucja/#Chapter%2013.
Scroll to Chapter 13, Rules of Professional Conduct.
Then scroll to Information about Legal Services.
Vermont
Go to: http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/
Links to Rule 7.
Virginia
Go to: http://www.vsb.org/docs/2008-09_rules-pc.pdf.
Scroll to Rules 7.1 through 7.6.
Washington
Go to: http://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=ga&set=RPC.
Scroll down to Title 7, Rules 7.1-7.5.
West Virginia
Go to: http://www.wvodc.org/infolegalservices.htm.
Wisconsin
Go to: http://www.wicourts.gov/sc/scrule/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=45324.
Scroll to SCR 20:7.1 through 20:7.5.
Wyoming
Go to: http://courts.state.wy.us/WSC/CourtRule?RuleNumber=62.
Scroll to “Information About Legal Services.”
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