GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

SO FOR TODAY’S VIDEO, I’LL BE DOING A MOVIE

REVIEW ON: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD that was
released in 1962, this movie was actually based on a
novel by harper lee, that was later adapted into a movie.

In brief, Race is a key factor in the film. It is about the trial

of a black man, Tom Robinson, for the rape of a white
woman, Mayella ewell. For tom’s case, Atticus Finch, a
white man lawyer was appointed to defend him. And
despite the community’s evident disapproval for
representing a black man, Atticus Finch still secure a fair
trial for Tom even it would mean risking social isolation.

As future lawyers, I think that it is important for us to

know these things; that our purpose is to advocate equal
justice for all. It is the duty of the lawyers to assist in the
speedy disposition and administration of justice and to
keep the faith of the people in the judicial system.

I’d like to relate this with Canon 14

CANON 14 - A LAWYER SHALL NOT REFUSE HIS

SERVICES TO THE NEEDY.

Rule 14.01 - A lawyer shall not decline to represent a

person solely on account of the latter's race, sex.
creed or status of life, or because of his own opinion
regarding the guilt of said person.

A lawyer is an advocate, not a judge. It means that it is

his duty to defend an accused person by all fair and
honorable means regardless of his personal opinion as to
guilt of the accused, his race, sex, or status in life.. it’s
the lawyer’s primary duty to present every defense that
the law permits, to the end that no person may be
deprived of life and liberty but by due process of law.

What happened in the movie was: An innocent black

man has been falsely accused, wrongfully convicted, and
killed.

. . . there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal— there is
one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid
man the equal of an Einstein and the ignorant man the equal of any college
president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court. . . . Our courts have their
faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the
great levellers, and in our courts all men are created equal. (p. 227)