The Principal Judge Dr. Flavian Zeija wants the Uganda Law Council, a body charged with regulating the legal profession in the country to start suspending unethical lawyers forever especially those who want to exploit their clients.
Zeija made the remarks while officiating as the Guest of Honor at the 49th Graduation Ceremony of the Law Development Centre yesterday.
The graduands who graduated with Diplomas in Human Rights, Bar Course and Diploma in Law were 2007 in number.
Zeija indicated that he has seen several traits of people in this generation where they reject tradition, are unfiltered, selfish and those who want to be seen as individuals to stand out of the crowd like having tattoos and piercing their noses.
He said that no lawyer should ever appear before his court with tattoos adding that they are currently hearing of phrases like ‘legal rebels’ which couldn’t be known for advocates in the past generations.
According to Zeija they are also seeing common incidences of lawyers taking clients’ money and failing to represent them and receiving their monies and failing to remit it to clients which he indicated that it has become a daily song. Dr.Flavian on ethics…..
He asked the graduands to shun such behaviors including abusing judges saying that’s the best way to shine in career as an Advocate. Speaking at the same event, the Uganda Law Society President Phionah Wall Nabaasa appealed to the graduates to offer justice to those who need it and keep on embracing what is fair and just. END.
