[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR77.1]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 77--ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR ATTORNEYS FOR THE GOVERNMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 77.1  Purpose and authority.

    (a) The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that its 
attorneys perform their duties in accordance with the highest ethical 
standards. The purpose of this part is to implement 28 U.S.C. 530B and 
to provide guidance to attorneys concerning the requirements imposed on 
Department attorneys by 28 U.S.C. 530B.

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    (b) Section 530B requires Department attorneys to comply with state 
and local federal court rules of professional responsibility, but should 
not be construed in any way to alter federal substantive, procedural, or 
evidentiary law or to interfere with the Attorney General's authority to 
send Department attorneys into any court in the United States.
    (c) Section 530B imposes on Department attorneys the same rules of 
professional responsibility that apply to non-Department attorneys, but 
should not be construed to impose greater burdens on Department 
attorneys than those on non-Department attorneys or to alter rules of 
professional responsibility that expressly exempt government attorneys 
from their application.
    (d) The regulations set forth in this part seek to provide guidance 
to Department attorneys in determining the rules with which such 
attorneys should comply.