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REPORTING PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT Rule 8.3 of the Model Rule of Professional Conduct is the model from which many states have taken their rule for lawyers to report misconduct. (a) A lawyer having knowledge that another lawyer has committed a violation of these rules that raises a substantial question as to that lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects shall ....(inform the appropriate professional authority; initiate proceedings under the North Dakota Rules of Disciplinary Procedure; etc.] As an example of how this is interpreted in practice, the New York State Bar says that each of the following four prerequisites must be met before a lawyer needs to report a violation:
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