Practice question
A lawyer plans a filing that knowingly humiliates an opposing community through degrading stereotypes unrelated to the merits. Which oath commitments are directly implicated?
- A supposed duty to degrade every opponent.
- An obligation to obey every prejudiced instruction.
- A license to replace legal grounds with stereotypes.
- Safeguarding rights and meaningful freedoms with integrity and utmost civility.
- A promise to serve only socially favored identities.
Legal references
- Pante v. Tebelin, A.C. No. 13630, June 27, 2023, EN BANC MAIN decision reproducing the CPRA Revised Lawyer’s Oath: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jun2023/ac_13630_2023.html
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