The Supreme Court may promulgate rules and regulations:\nDefining the practice of law.\nPrescribing procedures for the limited practice of law by third-year law students.\nPrescribing a code of ethics governing the professional conduct of attorneys including the practice of law or patent law through professional law corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships, and a code of judicial ethics.\nPrescribing procedures for disciplining, suspending, and disbarring attorneys.\nCode 1950, § 54-48; 1973, c. 484; 1974, c. 456; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 574.
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