[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 28, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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.









Sec.

77.1 Purpose and authority.

77.2 Definitions.

77.3 Application of 28 U.S.C. 530B.

77.4 Guidance.

77.5 No private remedies.



    Authority: 28 U.S.C. 530B.



    Source: Order No. 2216-99, 64 FR 19275, Apr. 20, 1999, unless 

otherwise noted.





    (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.

    (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.



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