LS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Bar Association, Paul Bernardo, Law Society
4 Dec 2017
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Requires a law degree, a year spent articling, and completion of the bar exams. Applicants to the bar must be of good moral character, but there is minimal screening on moral character. Sometimes, this has been misused (discriminate vs minority, blacks etc in us). Lawyers frequently take on noble causes and defend the weak and powerless. Lawyers are also frequently involved in corruption and other scandals (i. e watergate) The law profession routinely places lawyers in ethical dilemmas (murder cases) There is little training in law on how to deal with ethical issues. Law is an autonomous profession that is largely self-regulated. Law societies in each province set rules of conduct. Lawyers are also subject to legal controls and informal social controls within the profession. The canadian bar association code of professional conduct. The canadian bar association has established a code of professional conduct. They rule that lawyers are representatives of clients, officers of the legal system, and public citizens.
