RATIONALE FOR LEGAL ETHICS
1. Greek word ‘ethikos’ : a system of rules of behaviour 2. Science of morals 3. Legal ethics: the usages & customs among members of the legal profession, involving their moral & professional duties toward one another, toward their clients and toward the courts. 4. Legal Profession (practice & etiquette) rules 1978 5. Has the pursuit of wealth blinded moral integrity? 6. Stark reality of the Malaysian community’s negative attitude & sense of dissatisfaction with the law and the legal profession. 7. How do we change the public image of the Bar? 8. Lawyers have always been the butt of many a tasteless joke. 9. Increased complaints against lawyers 10. A social contract by which society confers...