Role of a Lawyer in Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

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DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ARBITRATION
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Introduction
This essay will critically discuss in detail the role of a lawyer in the representation of
their clients and further discuss whether the profession is passionate or not. Legal profession can
be described as the science distinguishing between right and wrong and teaching to establish the
one and punishing for the other. A legal profession can be stated as an independent profession
that does not hesitate in condemning for tyranny or injustice. A lawyer can be defined as a
person practicing law in the role of an advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, solicitor, a
counselor or a public servant.
Role of a Lawyer
A role of a lawyer can be seen to be varying across legal jurisdiction. A lawyer can be
said to be the client’s representative and an officer for the legal system who can be seen to be
especially responsible for justice. An attorney or a
lawyer can perform different duties. A lawyer as an advisor would
provide an informed understanding of a client’s legal obligations and rights
and explains practical implications of those obligations
to the client. As an advocate, an attorney passionately asserts the position of the client under the
adversary system rules. As a mediator between clients, an advocate tries to seek reconciliation
between their difference in interests as an advisor and, to a certain extent, as a
spokesperson of each of the clients.
As a neutral third party, a lawyer does not represent any party, but helps the

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said parties reach their own solutions. As an evaluator, an attorney examines the legal affairs of a
client and reports to the client or others about them.
A lawyer should be prompt, capable, and diligent in all professional functions. A lawyer
should maintain a representation communication with a client. Unless disclosure is mentioned as
a requirement or has been permitted by the Rules of Professional Conduct or any other law, a
lawyer should keep to himself any confidential information in relation to a client's representation.
As a public citizen, a lawyer should try to improve legislation, administrate justice, and
the performance of legal profession's service. As member of an apprenticeship industry, a lawyer
should be cultivating law understanding beyond the use of it for customers, use that
understanding in law reform, and operate to enhance legal profession. A lawyer is needed to be
aware of deficiencies that are present in the administration of justice and further the fact that
people who are poor, and sometimes even the people who are not poor, are not able to be
affording necessary legal assistance and should therefore devote their professional time and civic
influence on behalf of the people. A lawyer should be assisting the legal profession to achieve
these goals and assisting the bar to conduct itself in the government sphere.
The responsibilities of a lawyer as a client representative, a legal
system officer, and a public citizen are usually harmonious.Thus; a lawyer can be a passionate ad
vocate on behalf of his clients when opponent parties well represent
themselves and at the same time assume that justice has been done. So a lawyer also need to be
sure that preserving client confidences usually serves the public interest because people are more
likely to be seeking advice regarding legal matters and in furtherance heed their legal obligations
when they know their conversation would be kept private.