Ethnics

ETHNICS
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Duties of a Lawyer
In a law firm or legal organization leaders ensure that all lawyers or employees should be conventional to the rules of professional conduct. The rules are necessitated to enhance efficiency and proper work ethics. They assist lawyers to develop and grow their careers with the urge to make an impact. For instance, a lawyer having authority over another lawyer and provides supervision to the individual has the responsibility of ensuring that the lawyer is conventional to the policies of professional conduct.
According to Kirsch (2016), the rule is beneficial because it showcases general standards of responsibility for another member of staff in the same profession. Despite its impact, it is vital to comprehend that a lawyer does not have punitive accountability for the deed of a partner or assistant. Furthermore, in any firm a lawyer as an agent is supposed to be loyal to a client and also portray loyalty to the primary firm he or she works under. The rule helps develop a reliable positive relationship between the lawyer and his or her firm and the client involved. The relationship is only limited to the firm and client meaning that outside parties are bound to present complications.
Ethical standards of law and the responsibility of a defense attorney
Bender and Taylor (2016) state, in law, ethical standards are required for effectiveness. They are the principles and guidelines that a lawyer is supposed to adhere to for the purpose of meeting the standards necessary to thrive in the legal profession and they regulate and determine the way a lawyer carries out activities.

In the law profession sometimes decisions have to be made with regard to the nature of the case and the amount of evidence that has been presented in court. For instance, as a defense attorney when presented with a burglary case it is vital to ensure that the defendant and the victims have a fair trial.
In most situations, the victims always advocate for justice through imprisonment of the accused but sometimes the circumstances can differ. “If the defendant is willing to plead guilty” with the prospects of receiving a sentence of probation, the punishment can be sufficient. The conditions vary and in such a case the court is most likely to lack enough evidence that will support a conviction. Due to that, it is crucial to explain to the victims the magnitude of the situation and since they did not present enough evidence, probation is a fair punishment. As an attorney, it is your responsibility to make sure the victims understand. (Etienne, 2004)
Responsibility of a law enforcement agency
As the newly appointed chief of medium-sized law enforcement agency responsibilities tend to escalate and pile tremendously. In some cases, the main issue that gets presented as concerning is police corruption. Being a newly appointed chief the first step is to request for documentation and information regarding the allegations. After acquiring the information, you are required to scrutinize the information step by step to understand how complicated it is.
With the notion that the police are supposed to protect the citizens and prohibit corruption and wrongdoing in the society the case becomes interesting and demanding because as a law enforcement agency you are supposed to arrest the culprits and ensure they are punished by law. Since the police force in any society has the authority from governments to enforce law your operations are supposed to be covert. In the process, you are supposed to gather your members of staff and guide them on how to handle the case. Each and every individual is assigned various responsibilities including gathering information of the corruption by the police, knowing the primary perpetrators and the nature of the corruption. (Orthmann, LaDue and Hess, 2016)
Additionally, you are supposed to investigate the case in a covert manner by allocating some of your agents as spies who pose as police officials to work as inside personnel in the operation. They gather information secretly and bring it forward for scrutiny. Ensure that all the officials involved are thoroughly monitored for the purpose of acquiring first-hand evidence. When the information and evidence gathered is enough it is appropriate to issue a warrant for arrest with authority from the government and ensure the corrupt officials are convicted.
References
Bender, D., Taylor, R. P., Practising Law Institute, & Institute for Intellectual Property Law. (2016). Intellectual property law Institute, 2016.
Etienne, M. (2004). “The Declining Utility of the Right to Counsel in Federal Criminal Courts: An Empirical Study on the Diminished Role of Defense Attorney Advocacy under the Sentencing Guidelines.” California Law Review, 425-485.
Kirsch, C. E., & Practising Law Institute. (2016). Fundamentals of investment adviser regulation, 2016.
Orthmann, C. M. H., LaDue, S. E., & Hess, K. M. (2016). Management and supervision in law enforcement.