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Recent updates and improvements to Court Rules Network.

v2.30.0 September 1, 2026
  • Added two rules of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts: Bar Discipline (S.J.C. Rule 4:01, 25 sections) and the Rules of Electronic Filing (S.J.C. Rule 1:25, 16 rules) — the sixth and seventh Massachusetts rule sets
  • Rule 4:01 is the procedure by which the Rules of Professional Conduct are enforced: the grounds for discipline and the types available, the Board of Bar Overseers and Bar Counsel, formal proceedings and hearings, disability, resignation, reinstatement, and the treatment of a lawyer convicted of a crime
  • Rule 1:25 governs electronic filing in the courts that have adopted it — registration, filing and service procedures, signatures, fees, exhibits and technical failures
  • Both are divided into their own numbered subdivisions, which is how the Court itself cites them (S.J.C. Rule 4:01, § 3), and cross-references between those subdivisions link automatically
v2.29.0 September 1, 2026
  • Added the North Carolina Discipline and Disability Rules (54 rules) — 27 N.C.A.C. Chapter 1, Subchapter 1B, and the ninth North Carolina rule set
  • These are the procedure behind the Rules of Professional Conduct: the Grievance Committee and the powers of counsel, proceedings before the Disciplinary Hearing Commission from pleadings through post-trial, reciprocal discipline, disability, and reinstatement
  • A second section carries the rules governing the judicial district grievance committees, which handle complaints at the local level
  • Rules are cited as they are written in North Carolina — Rule .0114 — and cross-references between them link automatically
v2.28.0 September 1, 2026
  • Added the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure (142 rules across 16 parts) — the sixth Texas rule set
  • The site already carried the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, which state a lawyer's duties; these are the machinery that enforces them, and they are a separate body of rules with their own numbering
  • Coverage runs from the classification of grievances and the district grievance committees through evidentiary hearings, trial in district court, the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals, compulsory and reciprocal discipline, disability suspension, reinstatement, and the guidelines for imposing sanctions
  • Rules are cited as Tex. R. Disciplinary P. 2.17, and cross-references between them link automatically
v2.27.0 September 1, 2026
  • Added the North Carolina Juvenile Code (665 sections) — Chapter 7B of the General Statutes, and the eighth North Carolina rule set
  • It governs proceedings in the district court sitting as a juvenile court: abuse, neglect and dependency, from the screening of complaints through nonsecure custody, adjudication, disposition, permanency planning and the termination of parental rights
  • Also covers undisciplined and delinquent juveniles — intake, secure custody, adjudication, disposition and post-release supervision — along with juvenile records and confidentiality, parental authority and emancipation, and the interstate placement of juveniles
  • Sections are cited as N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-101, and cross-references between them link automatically
v2.26.0 September 1, 2026
  • Added the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (2,255 articles across 85 chapters) — the fifth Texas rule set
  • Texas promulgates no separate rules of criminal procedure: criminal practice in its courts is statutory, so this code is where those rules live. The site previously carried Texas civil procedure, evidence and appellate practice but nothing about a criminal case
  • Coverage runs from the rights of the accused through arrest, search and seizure, bail, examining trials, indictment and information, discovery under article 39.14 (the Michael Morton Act), jury selection, trial, verdict and judgment, sentencing, community supervision, appeal, habeas corpus, and the rights of crime victims
  • Articles are cited as Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 39.14, and cross-references between them link automatically
  • Chapters 5A, 9A, 49A and 50A carry the replacement provisions effective April 1, 2027, each labelled with its own effective date
v2.25.0 September 1, 2026
  • Added the North Carolina Criminal Procedure Act (700 sections) — Chapter 15A of the General Statutes, and the seventh North Carolina rule set
  • North Carolina publishes no separate volume of criminal rules: criminal procedure in its courts is statutory, so this chapter is where criminal practice lives. The site previously carried North Carolina civil procedure and evidence but nothing about a criminal case
  • Coverage runs from the definitions through capital punishment, across sixteen subchapters: law-enforcement and investigative procedures, criminal process, arrest, custody, preliminary proceedings, speedy trial, the attendance of witnesses and depositions, the rights of crime victims and witnesses, pretrial discovery, general trial procedure, trial procedure in the district and superior courts, the disposition of defendants including felony and misdemeanor sentencing, and the correction of errors and appeal
  • Sections are cited as N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-101, and cross-references between them link automatically
v2.24.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added Wisconsin Lawyer Regulation and Discipline (75 entries) — chapters 21 and 22 of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules, and the ninth Wisconsin rule set
  • Chapter 21 sets out the components of the lawyer regulation system: the office of lawyer regulation, special investigators, the preliminary review committee, referees and the board of administrative oversight
  • Chapter 22 governs the procedure — grievances and intake, investigation and the duty to cooperate, preliminary review, complaints and referee hearings, review by the supreme court, consensual and reciprocal discipline, medical incapacity, suspension and revocation, reinstatement, and costs
  • Wisconsin is now complete: civil, criminal, evidence, appellate, small claims, family, probate, professional conduct and lawyer discipline
v2.23.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added Wisconsin Probate (357 sections across 19 chapters) — intestate succession, wills, transfers at death, opening and closing estates, personal representatives, claims, informal administration and summary procedures
  • Added Wisconsin Actions Affecting the Family (51 sections) — divorce, legal separation and annulment, property division, maintenance and child support, custody and physical placement, and the adoption of adults
  • Recovered 13 sections that had been missing from the Wisconsin civil, criminal and evidence sets, among them § 807.01 on offers of settlement and § 973.13 on a sentence in excess of the maximum
  • Wisconsin now has eight rule sets covering civil, criminal, evidence, appellate, small claims, family, probate and professional conduct
v2.22.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added Wisconsin Procedure in Small Claims Actions (39 sections), chapter 799 of the Wisconsin Statutes and the sixth Wisconsin rule set
  • Covers which actions may be brought under the simplified procedure and the dollar limits that apply, how an action is commenced and served, the use of court commissioners and the right to demand a trial before a judge, pleadings and counterclaims, judgment and satisfaction
  • Includes the particular procedures for eviction, replevin and garnishment actions, which chapter 799 handles separately from ordinary money claims
v2.21.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added the Wisconsin Rules of Appellate Procedure (52 sections), the fifth Wisconsin rule set — Wisconsin had no appellate procedure on the site before this
  • Wisconsin’s appellate procedure is statutory rather than a separate volume of rules: chapter 808 governs what may be appealed and when, and chapter 809 governs how an appeal is conducted
  • Covers the notice of appeal, the record and transcript, briefs and appendices, oral argument, motions and costs, no-merit and postconviction appeals, supervisory writs, and petitions for review
  • Cross-references between Wisconsin statute sections now resolve throughout the four Wisconsin statutory sets, so each section lists the others that cite it
v2.20.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added the Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct (62 entries), the eighth Connecticut rule set — adopted by the judges of the Superior Court and printed at the front of the Connecticut Practice Book
  • These govern what a lawyer admitted in Connecticut owes a client and a court — competence and diligence, confidentiality of information, conflicts of interest, fees, safekeeping property, advertising and solicitation, and the reporting of professional misconduct
  • The Preamble and the note on Scope are included as their own entries, and each rule carries its official Commentary
  • Connecticut’s certification rules for legal specialists — Rule 7.4A and Rules 7.4B and 7.4C — are here alongside the rules they sit between
  • With this set, every state we publish now has its rules of professional conduct on the site
v2.19.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct (78 entries) — chapter 4 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, the eleventh Florida rule set
  • These govern what a lawyer admitted in Florida owes a client and a court — competence and diligence, confidentiality of information, conflicts of interest, fees and fee splitting, trust accounting, advertising and solicitation, and the reporting of professional misconduct
  • Florida numbers these rules on its own scheme, with the chapter number in front: candor toward the tribunal is Rule 4-3.3, not Rule 3.3, and a citation to the Model Rule number will not resolve
  • The Preamble is included as its own entry, and each rule carries its official Comment
v2.18.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added the California Rules of Professional Conduct (79 rules), the eleventh California rule set
  • These govern what a lawyer admitted in California owes a client and a court — competence and diligence, confidential information of a client, conflicts of interest, fees and fee divisions, safekeeping property, advertising and solicitation, and the reporting of professional misconduct
  • California numbers many of its rules three deep, and all of them are here: Rule 1.8.1 through 1.8.11 on specific client transactions, plus 1.0.1, 1.2.1, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5.1, 2.4.1, 5.3.1, 8.1.1 and 8.4.1
  • Each rule carries its official Comment
v2.17.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct (64 entries) — Part Six, Section II of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia
  • These govern what a lawyer admitted in Virginia owes a client and a court — competence and diligence, confidentiality of information, conflicts of interest, fees, safekeeping property, advertising, and the reporting of professional misconduct
  • Each rule carries its official Comment, and the Preamble, Scope and Terminology are included as their own entries
  • Part Six is the one Part the court’s own consolidated rules volume does not print — it points readers to the Virginia State Bar instead, so this fills a real gap in the printed set
v2.16.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct (62 rules), the fifth Louisiana rule set
  • These govern what a lawyer admitted in Louisiana owes a client and a court — competence and diligence, confidentiality of information, conflicts of interest, fees, safekeeping property and the IOLTA rules, advertising and solicitation, and the reporting of professional misconduct
  • Louisiana is now the first jurisdiction on the site with both its four legislative codes and its rules of professional conduct
v2.15.0 August 31, 2026
v2.14.0 August 31, 2026
v2.13.0 August 31, 2026
v2.12.0 August 31, 2026
  • Added the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct (67 rules), 27 N.C.A.C. ch. 2
  • These govern what a lawyer licensed in North Carolina owes a client and a court — competence and diligence, confidentiality of information, conflicts of interest, the duties of a lawyer as advocate and as counselor, advertising, and the reporting of professional misconduct
  • Rule 1.15’s trust-accounting and recordkeeping subparts are all included — 1.15-2 Trust Accounts through 1.15-4 — along with the Preamble and Scope
  • Each rule carries its official Comment and its history note
v2.11.0 August 30, 2026
  • Added the Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct (61 entries) and the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct (62)
  • Both govern what a lawyer owes a client and a court — confidentiality of information, conflicts of interest, safekeeping property and client files, the duties of a lawyer as advocate and as counselor, advertising, and the reporting of professional misconduct
  • Idaho carries the official Commentary on every rule, and its Preamble and Scope are included as their own entries
  • Oregon carries the State Bar’s defined-terms list and its comparison to the superseded Oregon Code of Professional Responsibility, and is current as of February 1, 2026