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Code of Professional Responsibility: Canons

The document outlines 22 Canons that establish the code of professional responsibility for lawyers. The Canons address a lawyer's duties to uphold the law and promote justice, make legal services available to clients, conduct themselves ethically in interactions with clients and other lawyers, remain competent through ongoing education, maintain client confidentiality and trust, and serve clients competently, diligently and with zeal within legal and ethical bounds.

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Code of Professional Responsibility: Canons

The document outlines 22 Canons that establish the code of professional responsibility for lawyers. The Canons address a lawyer's duties to uphold the law and promote justice, make legal services available to clients, conduct themselves ethically in interactions with clients and other lawyers, remain competent through ongoing education, maintain client confidentiality and trust, and serve clients competently, diligently and with zeal within legal and ethical bounds.

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CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

CANONS

CANON 1 - A LAWYER SHALL UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, OBEY THE


LAWS OF THE LAND AND PROMOTE RESPECT FOR LAW OF AND LEGAL
PROCESSES.

CANON 2 - A LAWYER SHALL MAKE HIS LEGAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN


AN EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT MANNER COMPATIBLE WITH THE
INDEPENDENCE, INTEGRITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROFESSION.

CANON 3 - A LAWYER IN MAKING KNOWN HIS LEGAL SERVICES SHALL


USE ONLY TRUE, HONEST, FAIR, DIGNIFIED AND OBJECTIVE
INFORMATION OR STATEMENT OF FACTS.

CANON 4 - A LAWYER SHALL PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF


THE LEGAL SYSTEM BY INITIATING OR SUPPORTING EFFORTS IN LAW
REFORM AND IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE.

CANON 5 - A LAWYER SHALL KEEP ABREAST OF LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS,


PARTICIPATE IN CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SUPPORT
EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE HIGH STANDARDS IN LAW SCHOOLS AS WELL AS
IN THE PRACTICAL TRAINING OF LAW STUDENTS AND ASSIST IN
DISSEMINATING THE LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.

CANON 6 - THESE CANONS SHALL APPLY TO LAWYERS IN GOVERNMENT


SERVICES IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR TASKS.

CANON 7 - A LAWYER SHALL AT ALL TIMES UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY AND


DIGNITY OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF
THE INTEGRATED BAR.
CANON 8 - A LAWYER SHALL CONDUCT HIMSELF WITH COURTESY,
FAIRNESS AND CANDOR TOWARDS HIS PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES,
AND SHALL AVOID HARASSING TACTICS AGAINST OPPOSING COUNSEL.

CANON 9 - A LAWYER SHALL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ASSIST IN


THE UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW.

CANON 10 - A LAWYER OWES CANDOR, FAIRNESS AND GOOD FAITH TO


THE COURT.

CANON 11 - A LAWYER SHALL OBSERVE AND MAINTAIN THE RESPECT


DUE TO THE COURTS AND TO JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND SHOULD INSIST
ON SIMILAR CONDUCT BY OTHERS.

CANON 12 - A LAWYER SHALL EXERT EVERY EFFORT AND CONSIDER IT


HIS DUTY TO ASSIST IN THE SPEEDY AND EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION
OF JUSTICE.

CANON 13 - A LAWYER SHALL RELY UPON THE MERITS OF HIS CAUSE


AND REFRAIN FROM ANY IMPROPRIETY WHICH TENDS TO INFLUENCE,
OR GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF INFLUENCING THE COURT.

CANON 14 - A LAWYER SHALL NOT REFUSE HIS SERVICES TO THE


NEEDY. CANON 15 - A LAWYER SHALL OBSERVE CANDOR, FAIRNESS
AND LOYALTY IN ALL HIS DEALINGS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH HIS
CLIENTS.

CANON 16 - A LAWYER SHALL HOLD IN TRUST ALL MONEYS AND


PROPERTIES OF HIS CLIENT THAT MAY COME INTO HIS PROFESSION.
CANON 17 - A LAWYER OWES FIDELITY TO THE CAUSE OF HIS CLIENT
AND HE SHALL BE MINDFUL OF THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE REPOSED
IN HIM.

CANON 18 - A LAWYER SHALL SERVE HIS CLIENT WITH COMPETENCE


AND DILIGENCE.

CANON 19 - A LAWYER SHALL REPRESENT HIS CLIENT WITH ZEAL


WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE LAW.

CANON 20 - A LAWYER SHALL CHARGE ONLY FAIR AND REASONABLE


FEES.

CANON 21 - A LAWYER SHALL PRESERVE THE CONFIDENCE AND


SECRETS OF HIS CLIENT EVEN AFTER THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATION
IS TERMINATED.

CANON 22 - A LAWYER SHALL WITHDRAW HIS SERVICES ONLY FOR


GOOD CAUSE AND UPON NOTICE APPROPRIATE IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.

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