Legal Ethics and Integrity Report: University of ABC, Law Module, 2020

This report, titled "Legal Ethics and Integrity," explores the paramount duty of lawyers to uphold high ethical standards and integrity within the legal profession. It emphasizes the roles of lawyers as agents of law and justice, highlighting their responsibilities to both the legal system and their clients. The report delves into the client-lawyer relationship as a fiduciary one, where clients place immense trust in their lawyers' honesty and fairness. It discusses the significance of knowledge and its practical application in cases, while also acknowledging the debate surrounding the perception of lawyers' honesty. The report concludes that ethics and integrity are fundamental aspects of a lawyer's profession, drawing from the provided readings, and including a bibliography of relevant academic sources.

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Lawyers are vested with the paramount duty to help the ones in need of justice, which
involves compliance of high ethical standards in terms of professional ethics and integrity as
legal personnel. They are agents of law and order of a state, helping the community to incur
justice in case there is a violation of justice along with helping to disbar the offenders and
criminals of the society by producing the right arguments before the judiciary1. Therefore,
their first and foremost duties is towards law and the justice system. While, the second duty
in line for the lawyers is their clients and their legal issues. The client-lawyer relationship is
an excellent example of a fiduciary relationship where the clients put their absolute faith and
confidence upon their lawyers, thereby suggesting that they trust upon the wisdom, sense of
honesty and fairness of their lawyers. Therefore, it could be stated that integrity is the sense
of honesty and transparency that lawyers should possess in terms of their profession2.
1 Ainslie Lamb, John Littrich and Karina Murray, Lawyers in Australia, (Federation Press, 3rd ed, 2015) 204-8.
2 McGinniss, Michael S. "The character of codes: preserving spaces for personal integrity in lawyer regulation."
(2016) 29 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 559.

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Bibliography
Books and journals
Ainslie Lamb, John Littrich and Karina Murray, Lawyers in Australia, (Federation Press, 3rd
ed, 2015) 204-8
Levy, Ron, et al., eds. New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law
Reform. ANU Press, 2017
McGinniss, Michael S. "The character of codes: preserving spaces for personal integrity in
lawyer regulation." (2016) 29 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 559