Rules of Court · Part 1 · New Jersey
RPC 8.1 New Jersey Rules of Court, RPC 8.1: Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters
An applicant for admission to the bar, or a lawyer in connection with a bar admission application or in connection with a disciplinary matter, shall not:
(a) knowingly make a false statement of material fact; or
(b) fail to disclose a fact necessary to correct a misapprehension known by the person to have arisen in the matter, or knowingly fail to respond to a lawful demand for information from an admissions or disciplinary authority, except that this Rule does not require disclosure of information otherwise protected by RPC 1.6.
Note: Adopted July 12, 1984 to be effective September 10, 1984.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule RPC 8.1 "Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters" {
An applicant for admission to the bar, or a lawyer in connection with a bar admission application or in connection with a disciplinary matter, shall not:
(a) knowingly make a false statement of material fact; or
(b) fail to disclose a fact necessary to correct a misapprehension known by the person to have arisen in the matter, or knowingly fail to respond to a lawful demand for information from an admissions or disciplinary authority, except that this Rule does not require disclosure of information otherwise protected by RPC 1.6.
Note: Adopted July 12, 1984 to be effective September 10, 1984.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-10-20; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← RPC 7.5 · RPC 8.2 → · RPC · all rules
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