This new edition therefore attempts to annotate the the newly minted Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability as well as the New Code of Judicial Conduct whose provisions provide members of the bench and the bar, with guidelines on the proper manner of practicing the world’s noblest profession.

This book is a valuable reference material to academics and practitioners alike. It will serve as a guide to members of the Judiciary and the Bar in the performance of their respective functions, duties, and responsibilities for the efficient administration of justice. Furthermore, the incorporation of bar examination questions related to particular Canons and Rules is a welcome inclusion especially for law students and bar examinees. The simplicity and clearness in its presentation makes it easy to read.

Human society demands from all lawyers very high ethical standards. Both the Integrated Bar and the Supreme Court impose very stringent sanctions on unethical behavior, even in their personal and family life. The life of a lawyer is expected by others to be over and above the standards of the average members of the human community.