Maintain High Ethical Standards

• Every lawyer has a responsibility of ensuring that all people have access to the services of professional lawyers who will best represent their interests. This means that it is their responsibility to ensure that everyone in the field maintains high ethical standards at all times.
  
  

Safeguard Against Unqualified Lawyers

• All lawyers have a responsibility to ensure that their fellow attorneys are of the highest educational and professional standards at all times.
  
  

Maintain the Honor of the Profession

• All lawyers should maintain the honor of the legal profession. Anytime they witness various forms of misconduct that are unacceptable it is their duty to report the matter to their state bar.
  
  

Ensure Unqualified Lawyers are not licensed

• The state bar can refuse to give certain lawyers a license to practice law because they do not meet educational, moral or emotional temperament standards. It is the duty of all lawyers to ensure that these individuals are not allowed into the profession, which could erode the public's confidence in lawyers.
  
  

Treat Everyone with Respect

• All lawyers should come across as a professional at all times. This means that they treat the public, their clients, officers of the court and anyone else they encounter with respect. This helps build confidence in system because of the professionalism of lawyers.