The Conflict of Interest Rules: The Comparative Study for Chinese and American Lawyers’ Law Abstract

Abstract

The conflict of interest rule is one of the essential rules in the professional conduct regulation system of law - yers, which is directly related to the legality of lawyers' practice, the negativity of representation results, and the administrative punishment or discipline of lawyers and law firms. In this paper, through the comparative study of the conflict of interest rules of lawyers in China and the United States, the theoretical sources, spe - cific laws, and general regulations of the conflict of interest rules are analyzed and summarized to provide a comparative reference for the improvement of the conflict of interest rules of lawyers in China. The paper also explores the opportunities and challenges brought by the new technology in the 21st century, represented by computer information technology, to the traditional conflict of interest rules for lawyers and explores the solutions of legal technology to the conflict of interest rules system for lawyers to draw inspiration.