“Just what does it take to get disbarred?” That’s been one of the conversations ongoing this week with law students at Legal Help Centre.
“Hence, the students are questioning, what do you have to do to be disbarred? Why is repetitively misleading your clients and colleagues over a period of time not sufficient to disentitle you to practice law? This is indeed challenging to understand and even more, to explain, whether to law students or the public at large.
When the rubber hits the road and theory becomes reality, ethics matter. Our duties to our clients, our colleagues and the court are not only aspirational; these are responsibilities we are obliged to carry out even when it is hard to do so.”