Delaware
Regulatory profile maintained from Official state bar, court, and regulatory websites (compiled via web research 2026-09-10).
Sources verifiedVerified
Last reviewed 2026-09-10. Always confirm the current rule on the official source before acting.
Bar & Regulation
- Bar / regulatory authority
- Delaware State Bar Association
- Attorney registration lookup
- courts.delaware.gov/arm
- Rules of professional conduct
- www.dsba.org/ethics
- Ethics opinions
- www.dsba.org/sections-committees/committee-on-prof…
- Ethics hotline
- Research pending
- Mandatory bar
- Research pending
- Client security fund
- courts.delaware.gov/csf
Trust Accounts & Fees
- IOLTA authority
- Delaware Bar Foundation
- Trust recordkeeping rules
- Under Delaware RPC 1.15 and Rule 1.15A, lawyers must maintain detailed books and records of all client funds and preserve them for a minimum of five years after the event recorded.
- Fee agreement requirements
- Under Delaware RPC 1.5, contingent fee agreements must be in writing signed by the client, and fee terms must be communicated preferably in writing to new clients.
- Flat-fee / advance-fee treatment
- Research pending
- Limited-scope representation
- Research pending
CLE & Advertising
- Current CLE requirements
- Delaware attorneys must complete 24 CLE credits every two-year cycle, including at least 4 credits in Enhanced Ethics.
- Advertising / solicitation rules
- courts.delaware.gov/rules
- Trade-name / firm-name rules
- Under Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct 7.5 and 7.1, a lawyer may use a trade name that is not false or misleading and does not imply a connection with a government entity.
Practice & Remote
- Remote / virtual practice guidance
- Research pending
- Multijurisdictional / UPL rules
- Research pending
- Succession / designated-successor
- Research pending
- Malpractice insurance rules
- Research pending
- Data security / breach guidance
- Research pending
- Permitted entity types
- Research pending
Business Formation
- Secretary of State
- corp.delaware.gov
- State tax department
- revenue.delaware.gov
- Local business registration
- Research pending
Courts & E-Filing
- State court homepage
- courts.delaware.gov
- Trial court directory
- Research pending
- Appellate court directory
- Research pending
- E-filing portal
- courts.delaware.gov/efiling
- Court forms
- courts.delaware.gov/forms
- Civil procedure rules
- Research pending
- Rules of evidence
- Research pending
- Case-law search
- courts.delaware.gov/opinions
- Statutes / codes
- legis.delaware.gov
- Regulations / admin decisions
- Research pending
Federal Courts
- Federal district courts
- Research pending
- Federal bankruptcy courts
- Research pending
- Federal court admission
- Research pending
- Pro hac vice rules
- Under Delaware Supreme Court Rule 71 and local court rules, admission pro hac vice requires a motion filed by Delaware counsel who must remain actively involved in the case.
Support & Resources
- Lawyer assistance / wellness
- de-lap.org
- Law libraries
- Research pending
- Practice management assistance
- Research pending
- Incubators / mentoring / referral
- Research pending
- Malpractice insurers / guidance
- Research pending
Verification record
- Review date
- 2026-09-10
- Source authority
- Official state bar, court, and regulatory websites (compiled via web research 2026-09-10)
- Status
- Verified
2026-09-10: Regulatory links and rule summaries added from official primary sources.
Report outdated info
Spotted a broken link or changed rule? Submit a correction for human review.
Report correctionABA Model Rules are context only. Each jurisdiction's adopted rules control. Never infer a state requirement from another state.