CANON IV Flashcards
Competence
- The ability to do something successfully or efficiently
- The quality or state of having sufficient knowledge, judgment, skill, or strength (as for a particular duty or in a particular respect)
Diligence
Steady, earnest, and energetic effort: devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking
Section 1. Competent, efficient and conscientious service.
(1) Provide legal service that is competent, efficient, and conscientious.
(2) Thorough in research, preparation, and application of the legal knowledge
Section 2. Undertaking legal services; collaborating counsel.
(1) Only undertake legal services he or she can deliver
(2) With consent, he may secure services of a collaborating counsel
Section 3. Diligence and punctuality.
(1) diligently and seasonably act on any legal matter
(2) punctual in all appearances, submissions of pleadings and documents before any court
Section 4. Diligence in all undertakings.
(1) shall not cause or occasion delay in any legal matter
(2) Appear for trial adequately familiar with the law; ready with the object and documentary evidence
Section 5. Prompt and objective assessment of the merits.
(1) give an objective assessment of the merits and probable results
(2) explain the viable options to the client to enable an informed decision
Section 6. Duty to update the client.
Regularly inform the client of the status and the result
Section 7. Extension of time to file.
(1) Avoid asking for an extension of time to file
(2) When an extension is obtained, the lawyer shall not let the period lapse without submitting the pleading,
Section 9. Practice of law concurrent with another profession.
(1) A lawyer who is engaged in another profession or occupation concurrently with the practice of law shall expressly provide in the pertinent contract the nature of the services the lawyer is engaged to perform.
(2) The practice of another profession or occupation shall not jeopardize such lawyer’s competence
