Professional Ethics & Professional Accounting System

Unit Outline — Course outline (no units printed)

Group A: The Advocates Act, 1961 (40) · Group B: Accountancy for Lawyers (20) · Group C: Report submission on the Advocates Act 1961 and Viva- voce. · Evaluation: · Theory: · Group (A) :40marks · Group (B) :20 marks · Clinical/Practical: · Group (C) :40 (20+20) marks · Patent Right Creation and Registration

• Enrolment of Lawyers — Qualifications prescribed u/s 24 of the Advocates Act 1961and procedure
• The Bar Council of India and the State Bar Council — Constitution, Powers and Functions
• Privileges of a lawyer — Salient features of the Advocates Act, 1961
• Right to Practice
• Designation as Senior Counsel: Indira Jaising v/s SC of India (SC 2017)
• Professional Ethics — Power of Bar Council of India, Meaning and Standards of professional conduct and etiquette
• Duties
• Duty to Render Legal Aid
• Professional Misconduct
• Punishment for misconduct
• Remedies against the order of punishment
• Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India — Organisation and powers and procedure
• Accountancy for Lawyers
• Introduction to Advocates Act, 1961