Rule 13.

02 : A lawyer shall not make public statements in the media regarding a pending case tending
to arouse public opinion for or against a party

PUBLIC STATEMENTS TO AROUSE PUBLIC OPINION FOR OR AGAINST A PARTY GENERALLY

CONDEMNED.

Newspaper publications by a lawyer as to pending or anticipated litigation may interfere with a fair trial
in the courts and otherwise prejudice the due administration of justice.

Generally, they are to be condemned. If the extreme circumstances of a particular case justify a
statement to the public, it is unprofessional to make it anonymously.

An exparte reference to the facts should not go beyond quaotation from records and papers on the file
in the court; but even in extreme cases it is better to avoid any ex parte statement (Pineda, 2009)

Test When Public Statement is Contemptuous

The character of the act done and its direct tendency to prevent and obstruct the discharge of official
duty is the test to determine whether a newspaper publication concerning a pending case is
contemptupus

Trial by Publicitiy, when prejudicial

In order to warrant a finding of prejudicial publicity, there must be an allegation and poorf that the
judges have been unduly influenced, not simply that they might be, by the barrage of publiclity

Rule 13.03 : A lawyer shall not brook or invite interference by another branch or agency of the
government in the normal course of judicial proceedings

Lawyers shall not invite interference by another governmental agency in the course of judicial
proceedings

When a case is already within the jurisdiction of a court, the lawyer should not cause or seek the
interference of another agency of the government in the normal course of judicial proceedings.