In dictionaries:
code of professional responsibility
Ethical standards governing professional conduct.
Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
a 120-minute, 60-question, multiple-choice examination designed to measure the knowledge and understanding of established standards related to a lawyer's professional conduct.
Office of Professional Responsibility
The Office of Professional Responsibility, part of the United States Department of Justice and supervised by the FBI, is responsible for investigating lawyers employed by the Department of Justice who have been accused of misconduct or crime in the exercise of their professional functions.
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