Professional Ethics and Integrity of Lawyers

Today's special lecture focused on the importance of professional ethics and integrity of lawyers. To begin with,the speaker traced how the concept has developed from ancient times till now by quoting the early practices in Roman,Greek,Indian and Western systems. The contributions of jurists like Henry Maine,Subbarao J. etc. were quoted. Furthermore,the increased and new roles of lawyers in the back drop of development of newer avenues of litigation like arbitration, conciliation etc were looked into.He reminded the students that while the primary responsibility of lawyers is towards their clients,it should be ensured they do not become co-conspirators with their clients. Also,the new trends of foreign solicitors coming to India was discussed.