a. Give the full citation to the ethical rules that govern the conduct of attorneys in your state.

b. What is the name of the bar association committee in your state that has jurisdiction over the ethical standards of attorneys? What disciplinary powers does this committee have over attorneys?

c. If an attorney is dissatisfied with the ruling of this committee concerning his or her ethical conduct, to what court can the attorney appeal? (To find answers to these questions, check your state statutory code and your state constitution. See General Instructions for the State Code Assignment in Appendix A. In addition, you may want to contact your state bar association. Ask it to send you any descriptive literature available on the system for disciplining attorneys.)

d. Draft a flowchart of all the procedural steps that must be taken to discipline an attorney for unethical conduct.