Practical Training-I (Professional Ethics)

Pondicherry University · LL.B. Semester 3

Unit 1 — History of legal profession in England and India

Essential characteristics of lawyer’s profession · Role and functions of a lawyer in a democracy · Art of advocacy

Unit 2 — Professional Conduct of a lawyer

Need for etiquette and professional ethics -Duties of a lawyer towards Courts, Clients, Opponents and Society · Rules Regarding Maintenance of Accounts and Books · Bar-BenchRelation

Unit 3 — Professional misconduct

Powers and Functions of the Bar Council to deal with disciplinaryproceedings

Unit 4 — Judicial decisions on ProfessionalMisconduct

Judicial decisions on ProfessionalMisconduct.

Selected opinions of the Disciplinary Committee of Bar Councils and Major Judgments of the Supreme Court on the subject

Unit 5 — Contempt of court

Meaning and purpose · Criminal and civil contempt · Court’s attitude towards contemptproceedings

The Contempt Law and Practice — Articles 129 and 215 of the Constitution of India, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971