Professional Ethics
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University · LL.B. Semester 9
Unit I — Legal Profession in India: - General Introduction
Advocacy Profession: - Nature, Meaning and Scope · Legal Profession as paradigm- The eternal Profession/ business dichotomy · Basic Characteristics of Advocacy Profession: - Seven Lamps of Advocacy by Judge · Edward Abbott Parry · Evolution and Development of Legal Profession in India · Legal Education and Legal Profession in India
Unit II — Professional Ethics: - Policy and Standards of Conduct
Professional Ethics: - Nature, Meaning and Scope, Relation between Ethics, Morality and · Dharma · Rules of Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquettes: - Rights and Duties of · Lawyers · Attorney Advertising and Ethical issues · Punishment for the Breach of Professional Conduct · Restrictions on Senior Advocates
Unit III — Legal Framework of Advocacy Profession in India
The Advocate Act, 1961: - Composition, Powers and Functions of Bar Councils (Sec.3- 15), · Admission and Enrolment of Advocates (Sec.16-28), Right to Practice (Sec.29-34), · The Bar Council of India Rules · The Role of Bar Council of India and State Bar Councils
Unit IV — Professional Misconduct and Disciplinary Proceedings
Professional Misconduct: - Nature, Meaning and Scope, Conduct of Advocates (Sec.35- 44) · Professional Misconduct and Judicial Responses · Right to go on Strikes and Boycott of Courts by the Lawyers · Advocate’s Right to take up Law Teaching
- 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 V — Contempt of Court
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: - Meaning, Nature and Scope of Contempt · Civil and Criminal Contempt: - Defenses, Contempt by Judges and Magistrates · Punishment for Contempt · Procedure in Contempt Cases