Professional EthicsThe duties that constrain what a lawyer may do for a client.LawCore obligations.DutiesDo not mislead the courtMaintain client confidentialityAvoid conflicts of interestAct competently and promptlyProtect client money strictlyConflicts in practiceClient instructs you to advance a false accountTwo clients with opposing interestsConfidential information from a former clientYour own interest in the outcomeEducational reference. Codes vary by jurisdiction, but the priority of thecourt over the client is close to universal.Professional Ethicslearnposters.com
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What’s on the Professional Ethics poster

9 entries in 2 groups.

Core obligations.

Educational reference. Codes vary by jurisdiction, but the priority of the court over the client is close to universal.

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What’s on the Professional Ethics poster?
9 entries in 2 groups. Core obligations. Duties: Do not mislead the court, Maintain client confidentiality, Avoid conflicts of…; Conflicts in practice: Client instructs you to advance a false account, Two clients w…. Educational reference. Codes vary by jurisdiction, but the priority of the court over the client is close to universal.
Who is the Professional Ethics poster for?
Professional Ethics belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning legal skills can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Professional Ethics poster?
The duty to the court outranks the client's instructions. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Professional Ethics belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Professional Ethics?
Analysing a Problem, Client Interviewing and Structuring an Answer sit alongside Professional Ethics in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Analysing a ProblemClient InterviewingStructuring an Answer
Is the Professional Ethics poster free to download and print?
Yes. Professional Ethics downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Professional Ethics poster print at?
Professional Ethics is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Professional Ethics loses nothing.Printing guide

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