Integrity As A Life-Long Commitment In The Legal Profession

"Integrity: The indispensable element – the Fundamental Principles Leading to Trust, Reputation, Fair Play, Reliability, Adherence to Proper Conduct, Standards, Values." – James Thomas.

Integrity is integral everywhere and, in every space, however, in the legal profession, it is a non – negotiable trait – one that the court needs to be satisfied with before one becomes a legal practitioner. Upon admission, one becomes part of the noble profession and, naturally, is expected to uphold the law and have the utmost regard to it. It is thus justifiable to expect every lawyer to be a person of integrity.

Experience has, however, shown that this is not always the case – some lawyers do not maintain their integrity. Amongst other things, money, greed, influence and pressure push lawyers to partake in activities that usually prove detrimental to their hard-reached goal of being lawyers. Hereinunder, we will zoom into some of the conducts/behaviors which lawyers usually