A Lawyer Shall Uphold The Constitution, Obey The Laws of The Land and Promote Respect For Law and Legal Processes

A lawyer shall uphold the
constitution, obey the laws of the

land and promote respect for law
and legal processes.
 Duties of Attorneys:
• To maintain allegiance to the Republic of the
Philippines and to support the Constitution and
obey the laws of the Philippines;
• To observe and maintain respect due to the
courts of justice and judicial officers;
• To counsel of maintain such actions or
proceedings only as appear to him to be just,
and such defenses only as he believes to be
honestly debatable under the law;
• To employ, for the purpose of maintaining the
causes confided to him, such means only as are
consistent with truth and honor, and never seek
to mislead the judge or any judicial officer by an
artifice or false statement of fact or law;
• To maintain inviolate the confidence, and at
every peril to himself, to preserve the secrets of
his client, and to accept no compensation in
connection with his client’s business except from
him or with his knowledge and approval;
• To abstain from all offensive personality and to
advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or
reputation of a party or witness, unless required
by the justice of the cause with which he is
charged;
• Not to encourage either the commencement or
the continuance of an action or proceeding, or
delay any man’s cause, from any corrupt motive
or interest;
• Never to reject, for any consideration, personal
to himself, the cause of the defenseless of
oppressed;
• In the defense of a person accused of crime, by
all fair and honorable means, regardless of his
personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused, to
present every defense that the law permits, to
the end that no person may be deprived of life
or liberty, but by due process of law
A lawyer shall not engage in unlawful,
dishonest, immoral, or deceitful conduct.
A lawyer shall not counsel or abet
activities aimed at defiance of the law or
at lessening confidence in the legal
system
A lawyer shall not, for any corrupt motive
or interest, encourage any suit or
proceeding or delay any man’s cause.
A lawyer shall encourage his clients to
avoid, end or settle a controversy if it will
admit of a fair settlement.
 “includes everything which is done
contrary to justice, honesty, modesty, or
good morals.” (Bouvier’s Law Dictionary,
cited by numerous courts)
 The inherent nature of the act is such that
it is against good morals and the
accepted rule of right conduct. (Teves v.
COMELEC and Teves, G.R. No. 180363,
April 28, 2009)
 Abduction with consent  Falcification of Document
 Bigamy  Intriguing against Honor
 Concubinage  Violation of the Anti-Fencing
 Smuggling Law
 Rape  Violation of Dangerous
 Estafa through falcification Drugs Act of 1972 (Drug
 Attempted Bribery Pushing)
 Profiteering  Perjury
 Robbery  Forgery
 Murder, whether  Direct Bribery
consumated or attempted  Frustrated Homicide
 Estafa
 Theft
 Illicit Sexual Relations with
Fellow Worker
 Violation of BP Blg. 22
 Minor transgressions of the law (i.e.
conviction for overspeeding)
 Illegal recruitment
 Slight physical injuries and carrying of
deadly weapon (illegal possession of
firearms); and
 Indirect contempt
 “as officers of the court, lawyers must not only in
fact be of good moral character but must also be
seen to be of good moral character and leading
lives in accordance with the highest moral
standards of the community. More specifically, a
member of the Bar and officer of the court is not
only required to refrain from adulterous
relationships or the keeping of a mistress but
must also so behave himself as to avoid
scandalizing the public by creating a belief that
he is flouting those moral standards.” Barrientos v.
Daarol
 Isa continuing qualification required of
every member of the bar. Thus, when a
lawyer fails to meet the exacting
standard of moral integrity, the Supreme
Court may withdraw his or her privilege
to practice law. (Julieta B. Narag,
Complainant v. Atty. Dominador M. Narag,
Respondent, A.C. No. 3405, June 29, 1998)
 Defined as conduct which is so willful,
flagrant, or shameless as to show
indifference to the opinion of good and
respectable members of the community.
 Must not only be immoral, but grossly
immoral.
A lawyer shall encourage his clients to
avoid, end or settle a controversy if it
will admit of a fair settlement.
 If a lawyer finds that his client’s cause is
defenseless, it is his burden/duty to
advise the latter to acquiesce and submit,
rather than traverse the incontrovertible.
 Itis unprofessional for a lawyer to
volunteer advice to bring a lawsuit,
except in rare cases where the blood,
relationship or trust makes it his duty to
do so.
 Temper client’s propensity to litigate
 A lawyer should not be an instigator of
controversy but a mediator for concord
and conciliator for compromise
 The law violated need not be a penal law.
Moral turpitude is defined as anything done
contrary to justice, honesty, modesty, or
good morals.
 A lawyer should give advice tending to
impress upon the client that his undertaking
is in exact compliance with the strictest
principles of moral law.
 A lawyer has the obligation not to
encourage suits. This is so as to prevent
barratry and ambulance chasing.
 Offense of frequently exciting and
stirring up quarrels and suits either at
law or otherwise; lawyer’s act of
fomenting suits among individuals and
offering his legal services to one of them.
 An act of chasing victims of accidents for
the purpose of taking to the said victims
or relatives and offering his legal
services for the filing of a case against
the person who caused the accident.

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