[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR77.1]
 
[Page 338]
 
 TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
 CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 77_ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR ATTORNEYS FOR THE GOVERNMENT--Table of
Contents
 
Sec. 77.1 Purpose and authority.
 
Sec.
77.1 Purpose and authority.
77.2 Definitions.
77.3 Application of 28 U.S.C. 530B.
77.4 Guidance.
77.5 No private remedies.
 
 Authority: 28 U.S.C. 530B.
 
 Source: Order No. 2216-99, 64 FR 19275, Apr. 20, 1999, unless
otherwise noted.
 
 (a) The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that its
attorneys perform their duties in accordance with the highest ethical
standards. The purpose of this part is to implement 28 U.S.C. 530B and
to provide guidance to attorneys concerning the requirements imposed on
Department attorneys by 28 U.S.C. 530B.
 
 (b) Section 530B requires Department attorneys to comply with state
and local federal court rules of professional responsibility, but should
not be construed in any way to alter federal substantive, procedural, or
evidentiary law or to interfere with the Attorney General's authority to
send Department attorneys into any court in the United States.
 
 (c) Section 530B imposes on Department attorneys the same rules of
professional responsibility that apply to non-Department attorneys, but
should not be construed to impose greater burdens on Department
attorneys than those on non-Department attorneys or to alter rules of
professional responsibility that expressly exempt government attorneys
from their application.
 
 (d) The regulations set forth in this part seek to provide guidance
to Department attorneys in determining the rules with which such
attorneys should comply.