Advocacy, Professional Ethics and Accountancy for Lawyers
University of Delhi · LL.B. Semester 6 · LB-601
Unit A-I — Part A - Advocacy: The Advocates Act, 1961 (4-5 Lectures)
- 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)
Unit A-II — Part A - Advocacy: Contempt of Court - Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
Unit B — Part B - Professional Ethics: Rules Governing Advocates (10-11 lectures)
Restrictions on Senior Advocates · Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette: Duty to the Court; Duty to the Client; Duty to the opponent; Duty to Colleagues; Duty in Imparting Training; Duty to render Legal Aid; Section on other employments · 50 Selected Opinions of the Disciplinary Committees of the Bar Council of India
- 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
- Review by the State Bar Council of its own order 3.5 Disciplinary Committee of the State
- Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India — Organisation and powers and procedure
- Transfer of proceedings from the State Bar Council to the Bar Council of India
- Selected opinions of the Disciplinary Committee of Bar Councils and Major Judgments of the Supreme Court on the subject
Unit C — Part C - Accountancy for Lawyers (one lecture)
Management of time, human resources, office; accountancy knowledge for lawyers (evidentiary aspects, interpreting financial accounting statements); nature and functions of accounting, important branches of accounting; Accounting and Law