Chief United States DistrictJudge Marvin E. The Guidelines for Litigation Conduct are modeled on the Standards forProfessional Conduct adopted by the United States Court of Appeals for the SeventhCircuit, a set of proven aspirational standards. Curtin, "some progress might be made towards greater professional satisfaction." The Guidelines are designed not to promote punishment but rather to elevatethe tenor of practice - to set a voluntary, higher standard, "in the hope that," in the words of former ABA President JohnJ. They are purely aspirational and are not to be usedas a basis for litigation, liability, discipline, sanctions or penalties of anytype. These Guidelines are consensus-driven and state nothing novel or revolutionary. The Guidelines for LitigationConduct fill that void
What hasbeen lacking, however, is an ABA-endorsed model code. Twice since 1988, the American BarAssociation has urged adoption of, and adherence to, civility codes. The widely-perceived, accelerating decline in professionalism - often denominated "civility" - has been the subject of increasingconcern to the profession for many years.
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