On the question of professional ethics of lawyers: the american model

Abstract

A lawyer is a specialist who not only has a higher legal education, but also a lawyer who is called to perform the tasks of providing legal assistance to society in all areas of its life. The essence, content and direction of the lawyer’s activity aredetermined by his main goal - the protection of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the person, society and its institutions (including the state) with the help of tools for effective, competent and high-quality legal assistance.Ethics and professional responsibility are key foundations of the legal profession. Being a lawyer means holding yourself to higher standards. Members of the public must trust that lawyers will handle their case with the highest level of skill and with the highest level of attention to ethical principles. Legal ethics is a set of rules of professional behavior of practicing lawyers. These rules focus on regulating the behavior of lawyers in all aspects of legal practice, including relations with clients, the courtand third parties. The aims and legitimate purpose of these rules are to ensure the integrity of the legal profession and to define the duties of the lawyer as a representative of the client, as an official of the legal system and as a citizen who has a special responsibility for the quality of justice.
 The standards and requirements of legal ethics derive from a combination of statutory provisions and norms that are widespread in the legal profession. Thus, the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct, state courtdirectives, state bar association instructions, and ethics experts’ opinions are among the sources of legal ethics.Despite the fact that there is broad uniformity among states regarding legal ethics, the specifics of the rules of professional conduct are determined by each jurisdiction separately.The study of the regulation of the ethical behavior of lawyers in the context of American legislation is valuable and relevant for the legal science of the constitutional law of Ukraine and the conduct of further comparative legal characteristics of the activities of highly competent, professional and fair lawyers.