#RejectMarcosAndDuterte #MarcosNoHero #NoToHistoricalDenialism #DefendPressFreedom #SerenoIsTheFirstFemaleChiefJustice 1 Contents Legal and Judicial Ethics – Bar Examinations 2023 CONTENTS Contents .....................................................................................................................................................................................1 Basic Facts...................................................................................................................................................................................2 Practice of Law ...........................................................................................................................................................................4 Admission to the Practice of Law ..............................................................................................................................................5 Lawyers’ Duties to Society .........................................................................................................................................................6 Gross immorality....................................................................................................................................................................6 Deceitful conduct, gross misconduct, and violations of law ............................................................................................ 10 Advertisements and solicitation of legal business ............................................................................................................ 23 MCLE Compliance ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 Lawyers in government service ......................................................................................................................................... 25 Office of the Solicitor General ....................................................................................................................................... 29 Office of the Government Corporate Counsel ............................................................................................................. 30 Lawyers’ Duties to the Bar ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 Uphold integrity and dignity of the legal profession ........................................................................................................ 30 Respect for other lawyers .................................................................................................................................................. 32 The Integrated Bar of the Philippines ................................................................................................................................ 33 Respectful language ........................................................................................................................................................... 33 Non-sharing of attorney’s fees .......................................................................................................................................... 35 Prohibition against unauthorized practice of law ............................................................................................................. 35 Lawyers’ Duties to the Courts................................................................................................................................................. 36 Respect for the courts and its officers............................................................................................................................... 36 Obedience to the courts and quasi-judicial bodies .......................................................................................................... 37 Truthfulness to the courts .................................................................................................................................................. 40 Temperate and respectful language.................................................................................................................................. 43 Abuse of court processes ................................................................................................................................................... 45 Prohibition against influence peddling .............................................................................................................................. 48 Lawyers’ Duty to their Clients ................................................................................................................................................. 49 Attorney-client relationship ............................................................................................................................................... 49 Conflict of interest .............................................................................................................................................................. 51 Lawyer’s negligence ........................................................................................................................................................... 57 Accounting and turn over of client’s funds and properties.............................................................................................. 69 Prohibition on obtaining loans from clients ...................................................................................................................... 76 Attorney’s fees .................................................................................................................................................................... 77 Attorney’s lien..................................................................................................................................................................... 81 Use of honest and legal means .......................................................................................................................................... 83 Confidential information .................................................................................................................................................... 83 Termination of attorney-client relationship ...................................................................................................................... 84 Discipline of Erring Lawyers .................................................................................................................................................... 85 Jurisdiction to discipline lawyers ....................................................................................................................................... 85 Nature of disciplinary cases ............................................................................................................................................... 86 Administrative cases vis-à-vis criminal cases ................................................................................................................ 88 Due process in administrative proceedings ...................................................................................................................... 88 Effect of death .................................................................................................................................................................... 89 Burden and quantum of proof ........................................................................................................................................... 89 Affidavit of desistance ........................................................................................................................................................ 97 Repeated violations ............................................................................................................................................................ 97 Penalty................................................................................................................................................................................. 98 Notarial Practice ...................................................................................................................................................................... 98 Basic principles ................................................................................................................................................................... 98 Notarial commission ........................................................................................................................................................... 99 Notarial register ................................................................................................................................................................ 100 Submission of notarized documents ........................................................................................................................... 101 Competent evidence of identity ...................................................................................................................................... 101 Personal appearance before a notary public .................................................................................................................. 104 Other acts of dereliction .................................................................................................................................................. 107 Discipline of notary public ................................................................................................................................................ 111 Judges and clerks of court as notaries public.................................................................................................................. 111 Judicial Ethics ......................................................................................................................................................................... 111 Inhibition of Judges ............................................................................................................................................................... 112 Administrative Complaints against Judges .......................................................................................................................... 116