RETHINKING PENNSYLVANIA RULE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 8.4(G): CONCEPTUAL AND STRATEGIC CHANGES TO SURVIVE STRICT SCRUTINY

Volume 98, No. 3, Spring 2026

By Hailey McHugh Gilles [PDF]

This rule—Pennsylvania’s progeny of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Model Rule 8.4(g)—has ignited public debate: weighing the First Amendment’s protections for political expression against the need for state bar association regulations on attorneys to ensure the integrity of the judicial system, a system which has never been more threatened.

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