The Indiana State Bar Association Legal Ethics Committee issues formal written opinions from time to time, either in response to specific inquiries from Indiana State Bar Association members, or as a result of its determination that an opinion on the particular topic would be useful. Those formal opinions shall be upon questions of first impression in Indiana and other matters warranting general circulation in the judgment of the Committee.

The Committee is responsible for issuing the advisory opinions listed below.  

Phone advisory panel

The Committee also provides informal ethical guidance via a telephone panel staffed by its own volunteers. If you are a member of the ISBA and you have an ethics question, use the phone advisory panel to to find contact information for a member of the Legal Ethics Committee. Please contact the attorney listed for your county.

 

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Ethics Opinions

Index by Subject
2020
2019
2015 (1 of 3)	2015 (2 of 3)	2015 (3 of 3)
2014
2012	2008 (4 of 4)	2008 (3 of 4)	2008 (2 of 4)
2008 (1 of 4)	2006	2005 (2 of 2)	2005 (1 of 2)
2004 (2 of 2)	2004 (1 of 2)	2003 (3 of 3)	2003 (2 of 3)
2003 (1 of 3)	2002	2001	2000
1999	1998	1997	1996
1995	1994	1993	1992
1991	1990	1988	1986
1985	1984	1983	1982
1981	1980	1979	1978
1977	1976	1975	1974
1973	1972	1971	1970
1969	1967	1966	1965
1964	1963	1962	1961

Legal Ethics Opinions were not issued in the following years:

2013	2011	2010	2009
2007	1989	1987	1968