North Carolina 2011 Formal Ethics Opinion 6 Opinion rules that a lawyer may contract with a vendor of software as a service provided the lawyer uses reasonable care to safeguard confidential client information. (1/27/2012).
North Carolina 2005 Formal Ethics Opinion 10 (January 20, 2006) discusses the ethical considerations of a virtual law practice and unbundled legal serivces.
North Carolina lawyers may recommend that a prospective client use a computer in the lawyer’s office and the services of an Internet-based company to complete a required bankruptcy certification form. 2005 Formal Ethics Opinion 7 (October 21, 2005)
The URL for a North Carolina law firm website does not have to include words that identify the site as belonging to a law firm provided the URL is not otherwise misleading. 2005 Formal Ethics Opinion 14 (January 20, 2006)
North Carolina lawyers may participate in an on-line service that is similar to both a lawyer referral service and a legal directory provided there is no fee sharing with the service and all communications about the lawyer and the service are truthful. 2004 Formal Ethics Opinion 1 (April 23, 2004).
It is not a violation of the Revised Rules of Professional Conduct for a lawyer to respond to inquiries posted on an Internet message board provided the lawyer clarifies the nature of the lawyer’s relationship with the person or company making the inquiry and the limits of the information that the lawyer is providing. 2000 Formal Ethics Opinion 3 (July 21, 2000).
The State Bar offers North Carolina Ethics Opinions and proposed formal opinions.
The North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct are available online. The Legal Information Institute offers an additional copy.
The North Carolina Bar Association website is available online.
North Carolina lawyers may participate in a directory of lawyers on the Internet if the information about the lawyer in the directory is truthful. RPC 241 (January 24, 1997). To avoid misleading a user of the directory from another jurisdiction, the listing should indicate the jurisdictions in which the lawyer is licensed to practice law and the geographic location of the lawyer’s or law firm’s principal office.Although Rule 2.5 prohibits communications implying that a lawyer is a specialist in an area of practice unless the lawyer is certified as a specialist, a lawyer who is not a certified specialist may indicate areas of concentration or interest in a listing on the directory
Lawyer websites must comply with applicable adverrtising rules and are subject to the prohibition in Rule 2.1 on false or misleading communications. RPC 239 (October 18, 1996).
Lawyer must take steps to minimize the risk that confidential information may be disclosed when using a cellular or cordless telephone or any other unsecure method of communication. RPC 215 (July 21, 1995).
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