This proceeding was initiated by petition of The Florida Bar to amend the Code of Professional- Responsibility. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 15, Florida Constitution.

The Bar proposes that we amend Disciplinary Rule 2-102(C) to conform to recent developments in permissible professional arrangements in law practice. Because it is now possible, under the Bar’s ethical guidelines, for a professional association to enter into a partnership for the practice of law, the Bar deems it advisable that the discipli-, nary rule prohibiting a lawyer from holding himself out as having a partnership with another lawyer cover also the conduct of one who holds himself out as a partner of a professional corporation.

We hereby adopt the following amendment to Disciplinary Rule 2-102(C), effective May 15, 1981. The added words are indicated by underscoring.

DR2-102 Professional Notices, Letterheads, Offices, and Law Lists

(C) A lawyer shall not hold himself out as having a partnership with one or more other lawyers or professional corporations unless they are in fact partners.

It is so ordered.