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Professional Ethics And Responsibility (Lpl 204) Cat 1 Question Paper

Professional Ethics And Responsibility (Lpl 204) Cat 1

Course:Bachelor Of Laws

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2017

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW- PARKLANDS CAMPUS
2ND YEAR 2ND SEMESTER 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY (LPL 204)
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST 1 - TAKE HOME

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This is an individual endeavor. Accurately indicate your name and admission number.
2. Your answer must not exceed 700 words.
3. Avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism will be penalized.
4. Return hard copy scripts to the Department of Private Law by 12 Noon of Monday the 13th of February 2017.
5. Ensure that you sign the hand-in list, once again, accurately indicating your name and admission number.
6. Read the following portion carefully and answer the question that follows:

"[M]embership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions. "The Rules of Professional Conduct are a manifestation of many of these 'conditions'. [...] Today, public opinion and personal experience suggest that professional behavior is not what it once was. Lawyers are quickly vilified. Segments of the public believe that Lawyers are 'not to be believed, fickle and motivated by self-interest'. - Margret Ross, (2008) "Challenges to the Standards of professionalism in the legal profession", quoting Judge Benjamin Cardozo in Re Rouss, 221 N.Y.81,84 (1917).

"We now live [...] where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy."- Chris Hedges, American author and activist.

"[We have] become a bandit economy [...] the influence of the cartels is overwhelming..." - Dr. Willy M. Mutunga, Retired Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya.

QUESTION:
Reflecting upon these quotes and referencing the global origins of the legal profession, critically discuss the waxing and waning influence of the bar in Kenya. (20 Marks).

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