LEGAL RESEARCH COMPETENT LAWYER

-protects the ends of justice

INTRODUCTION -does honor to the BAR

LEGAL RESEARCH -maintains the respect of the community

-search for an authority(law) that can be applied to a given set of facts. ART III, SEC 1. Phil. Constitution

-identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision making. -NO person shall be deprived of life, liberty and property without due process.

-application of law to facts to be able to have conclusion LAWYER

As a prosecutor, defense counsel, advocate, arbitrator, jurist

LEGAL RESEARCH vs. OTHER

-use of different technique for different kind of source. QUALIFICATIONS FOR BAR

-requires comprehensiveness in primary authority research -citizen of the Philippines

- 21 years old

PURPOSE - Of a Good Moral Character

- Provide competent representation and advice -No charge involving moral turpitude

-Studied law

*Facts and authorities- main basis in Law - Completed in an authorized University a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts or Science

CONTINUING REQUIREMENTS

PLAN OF ATTACK Good Moral Character vs. Good Reputation

-process of legal research -What a person really is - Opinion of others

CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

INFLUENCES OF LEGAL ETHICS ON LEGAL RESEARCH  MUST BE PREPARED

-protects the ends of justice - Preparation of pleadings and appearance on courts

-does honor to the bar  CANON 13

-maintains the respect of the community for the legal profession -A lawyer shall rely upon the merits of his cause and refrain from any impropriety which
tends to influence, or gives the appearance of influencing the court.

*Impropriety
  includes extending extraordinary attention or hospitality to a judge.

 Seeking opportunity for cultivating familiarity

 Making statements in the media regarding a pending case tending to arouse public
opinions for or against.

 RULE 15.05

-A lawyer when advising his client, shall give a candid and honest opinion on the merits
and probable results of the client's case, neither overstating nor understating the prospects
of the case.

 CANON 17

- a lawyer owes fidelity to the cause of his client and he shall be mindful of the trust and
confidence reposed in him.

 CANON 18

- A lawyer serve his client with competence and diligence.

 RULE 18.02

- A lawyer shall not handle any legal matter without adequate preparation.

 RULE 18.03

- A lawyer shall not neglect a legal matter entrusted to him, and his negligence in
connection therewith shall render him liable.

*Inadequate Preparation- distracts administration of justice and discredits the BAR.

- court may be and often misled into looking at the case in an uneven light.

 RULE 10.02

-A lawyer shall not knowingly misquote or misrepresent the contents of a paper, the
language or the argument of opposing counsel, or the text of a decision or authority, or
knowingly cite as law a provision already rendered inoperative by repeal or amendment, or
assert as a fact that which has not been proved.