American Bar Association Model Code of Professional Responsibility, created by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1969, is a set of professional standards to guarantee the minimum legal ethics and professional responsibility of lawyers in the United States. It was replaced with the Model Rules of Professional Conduct in 1983 because of the Watergate scandal. The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Watergate Complex as depicted in Government Exhibit 1. ...