Professional Ethics (Advocate) Notes

The modern legal profession in India is the product of the legal system that was evolved by Britishers since the time of the East India Company.

 At present the principle instrument for regulation of the legal profession and legal education in our country is the Advocates Act. Most of the provisions of the said Act is briefly explained in these notes. These notes are provided with a view to assist and guide the lawyers and law students in the area of legal profession. 

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1. Advice to Youngsters Going into Law
2. Advocates’ Act, 1961
3. Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
4. Contempt of Courts as Professional Misconduct
5. Counsel’s Duty of Defending A Guilty Client
6. Duties of Advocate towards the Court
7. Duties of Judges towards Advocates
8. History Of Legal Profession
9. Interviewing a client
10. Mock Trial and Mooting
11. Nature Of Lawyer-client Relationship
12. Object of the Law of Contempt
13. Obtaining Facts From the Client
14. Professional Misconduct
15. Professional Misconduct and Contempt of Courts
16. Senior Advocate
17. Skills For Successful Lawyering