Ethics
Ethics Tip 7: Exam Etiquette: When Stress Meets Professional Standards
Sitting for law examinations, or for that matter, any examination, is very stressful. Some people try to relieve their personal stress by uttering some vulgarities or making some obscene gestures. Is that acceptable behavior for lawyers?
In a case in the UK, an uncalled barrister, whilst sitting for an ethics exam, which was part of his bar training as a pupil, uttered some vulgarities and held up his middle finger. He also remarked that “This is annoying, oh my god, this is going to really p**s me off’, ‘I’m so f*****g bored of this’ and ‘f*****g finally, a criminal question. This civil s**t…how can you have any ethics if you’re a civil practitioner, honestly.’. This was an online examination, and it was being proctored. He “believed he was in private, and behaved as such, voicing opinions that he thought no one else would hear.’ He was found to have “acted in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or the profession’,” Click here to read further.
Your conduct both in a private and professional setting requires you to conduct yourself as a member of an honorable profession.
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