Bibliography of Resources


Administrative Rules

• 15 CSR 60-14.010-030 (2005), Attorney General’s Regulations regarding the Legal Expense Fund https://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/15csr/15c60-14.pdf


Books
• Pound, Roscoe (1953). The Lawyer from Antiquity to Modern Times, p. 5, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co.

Court Rules

• Supreme Court Rule 2.03, Canon 2,Code of Judicial Conduct
https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/e14db401df7f552e86256ca6005211b7?OpenDocument

• Supreme Court Rule 2.03, Canon 3, Code of Judicial Conduct

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/be48019f16497ddf86256ca600521208?OpenDocument

• Supreme Court Rule 2.03, Canon 4, commentary, Code of Judicial Conduct

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/34f3bee06088a0fe86256ca600521235?OpenDocument

• Preamble, Rule 4, Rules of Professional Conduct

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/4c4ee2e8d24e2ff386256ca60052123c?OpenDocument

• Supreme Court Rule 4-1.2, Scope of Representation

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/8195dff3462d90ba86256ca6005211c1?OpenDocument

• Supreme Court Rule 4-6.1, Voluntary Pro Bono Publico Service

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/384af6c9c3fdae1d86256ca600521254?OpenDocument

• Missouri Supreme Court Rule 8.15, Attorney’s Oath of Admission

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/b669a0d6797972b086256db70073edd0?OpenDocument

• Supreme Court Rule 43.01(b), Service of Pleadings

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/f54a7a01ed6d17e186256ca600521339?OpenDocument#43.01.%20Service%20of%20Pleadings%20and_0

• Supreme Court Rule 55.03, Appearance and Withdrawal of Counsel

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/7db1c05900034fdc86256ca60052152c?OpenDocument

• Supreme Court Rule 77.03, In forma pauperis

https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/a98c1eb8f707db9a86256ca60052159a?OpenDocument

• ABA Model Rule 6.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct
https://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/rule61.html

Essays

• “20 Things Judicial Officers Can Do to Encourage Attorneys to Provide Limited Scope Representation” (2003)

https://www.abanet.org/legalservices/delivery/downloads/20_things_judicial_officer.pdf

• A Rule To Show Cause On The Courts: How The Judiciary Can Help Pro Bono - Part I by Carl “Tobey” Oxholm, ABA Dialogue, Winter 1999

https://www.abanet.org/legalservices/dialogue/downloads/dialwi99.pdf

• A Rule To Show Cause On The Courts:How The Judiciary Can Help Pro Bono - Part II by Carl “Tobey” Oxholm, ABA Dialogue, Spring 1999

https://www.abanet.org/legalservices/dialogue/downloads/dialsp99.pdf

• Building a Coalition for Changing Pro Bono Policy, by Sharon E. Goldsmith, ABA Dialogue Fall 2004

https://www.abanet.org/legalservices/sclaid/atjresourcecenter/downloads/buildingacoalitionforchangingprobonopolicy-dialoguefall2004.pdf

• Expanding Pro bono: The Judiciary's Power to Open Doors by The Honorable Judith Billings and Jenny M. McMahon, ABA Dialogue, Spring 1998

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=5642

How ATJ Commissions can Promote Pro Bono: Rules and Policies, Anthony H. Barash, Director, ABA Center for Pro Bono (2008)
https://www.abanet.org/legalservices/sclaid/atjresourcecenter/downloads/pro_bono_w_colorado_mie_2008.pdf

“Informa pauperis, Section 514.040: A Practical User’s Guide for Attorneys," Christine Rollins, Missouri Bar Journal May-June 2010, p. 146

https://members.mobar.org/pdfs/journal/2010/may-june/pauperis.pdf

Limited Scope Legal Assistance: An Emerging Option for Pro Se Litigants, National Center for State Courts (2003)

https://www.ncsconline.org/WC/Publications/KIS_ProSe_Trends03.pdf

“Tax-Based Pro Bono Incentive Legislation: A New Recruiting Tool?," Cassie Diaz-Bello, ABA Dialogue, Fall 1998, p. 11+

https://www.abanet.org/legalservices/dialogue/downloads/dialfl98.pdf

The Non-Traditional Practice of Law: The New Reality, Cynthia K. Heerboth, Mo Bar Precedent (Summer 2010)

https://members.mobar.org/pdfs/precedent/aug10/non-traditional.pdf


Ethics Opinions

Judicial Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline, Opinion 128 (1986). A judge’s participation in a media campaign to recruit foster families is an activity which will improve the law and the administration of justice.

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=40652

• Judicial Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline, Opinion 157 (1991). A judge’s recognizing those individuals who provide exemplary pro bono service is approved. 

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=40651

• Nebraska Judicial Ethics Opinion 08-2 (2008) 

https://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/professional-ethics/judges/ethics-committee/pdf/08-2.pdf

• Texas Ethics Opinion 281 (2001)

https://www.courts.state.tx.us/judethics/281-290.htm


Forms

Office of State Courts Administrator in forma pauperis application form

https://www.selfrepresent.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=62133

Sample form for registering volunteer attorneys

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=42879

Sample form for Attorney Enrollment in Missouri for Legal Expense Fund

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=42878


Maps
Map of Legal Services' areas of service

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=42880


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