 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1973 - 574 pages
...The highest tradition of the American bar is found in the obligation of the lawyer's oath never to reject "from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed." A lawyer has the duty to provide legal assistance "even to the most unpopular defendants. . . ." 78... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - 1975 - 668 pages
...offensive personality, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness unless required by the justice of the cause with which...any man's cause for lucre or malice. SO HELP ME GOD. MISCELLANEOUS RULE 30. Administrative Assistance. The Board of Bar Examiners should be provided with... | |
 | Wisconsin - Bills, Private - 1976 - 1610 pages
...except from bin* mv client or with bis mv client's knowledge and approval; (1) (7th unnumbered par.) I will never reject, from any consideration personal...of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay any man's person's cause for lucre or malice. So help me God. SECTION 381. 256.68 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes,... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 604 pages
...honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which I ara charged ; I will never reject, from any consideration...any man's cause for lucre or malice. SO HELP ME GOD. (Section 15, of Rule XIV, as above amended, is in effect from and after the first day of January, 1910.)... | |
 | Michael Radelet - Social Science - 1989 - 236 pages
...urged upon the states and adopted by most, phrases the brand-new lawyer's commitment in these words: "I will never reject, from any consideration personal...myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed" (West, 1987:727). And that oath has continuing significance for some, beyond the solemn and portentous... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Government publications - 1992 - 860 pages
...offensive personality and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which...cause of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay any person's cause for lucre or malice. SC KELF ME GCD." 10. A license to practice law is a privilege conditioned... | |
 | Barbara L. Allen - Environmental justice - 2003 - 234 pages
...sentence from the student oath that still remains in the bar-certified attorney's oath. The sentence read: "I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed."87 The Louisiana Supreme Court was very clear in its message to the university law clinics.... | |
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I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay any man's cause for lucre or malice. SO HELP ME GOD. 
