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ABA Legal Opinion Resource Center

The ABA Legal Opinion Resource Center is a website that contains reports and other materials useful in legal opinion practice.

ABA Legal Opinion Resource Center

The ABA Legal Opinion Resource Center is a website that contains reports and other materials useful in legal opinion practice.

Statement on the Role of Customary Practice in the Preparation and Understanding of Third-Party Legal Opinions

In 2008, more than 25 bar organizations, including the Texas Business Law Section, adopted the Statement on the Role of Customary Practice in the Preparation and Understanding of Third-Party Legal Opinions. The Customary Practice Statement describes the role of customary practice in rendering and receiving third-party legal opinions.

Core Opinion Principles

The Core Opinion Principles are drawn from the Statement of Opinion Practices. The Core Opinion Principles are designed for use by opinion givers who wish to incorporate or attach to their opinion letters a more concise statement of some of the opinion principles included in the Statement.

Statement of Opinion Practices - Explanatory Note

The drafters of the Statement of Opinion Practices have prepared an Explanatory Note that provides explanatory information regarding the Statement and the related Core Opinion Principles.