At its recent annual convention the American Bar Association (ABA) adopted a resolution amending Rule 8.4 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the code of ethics that governs attorney behavior.
The amendment adds a new subsection to the attorney misconduct rule which, if adopted by states, will subject attorneys to professional discipline for engaging in “conduct related to the practice of law “that a “lawyer knows or reasonably should know is harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status.”