sero speee™ Wg nat ee anus OF -- ie free specs vents ne cary ‘pertics ch ‘as ‘ PAGE BenER OF THe INTE CRAnON Beco OF THE PHI Lippines 0. 00, VANUARY g ; - ” December f 1972 ye the Commi - jon on Garr Integration vubmitted me Beek with Yin. s earnest recommen- ; — on The bacis of the vaid port and the proceectings in Admin bie No. SRE of The court , as wil ¢ the erwhelming nahonwide vent-~ ment of the Philippine Bench anc) Bor Tat Me Vuprme Court vhall dain the integration of The Philippine bap as voon as povsible Through the dogtion and promul gafiov_ of an appro | priate court Rule . — — 2 One of te issues raked agai"s the integrahen i that rt violates the ore constitutional night ————"a ® The bar Freecom, of cue) ON The integration of violates: the lawyer association 2? lategration is not violative of dom of association becauce + aes not compel a lawyer te become a member of any grup of whic he ks not already a member, He _ became member of the Bor when he Passed the Bar Examinations. All that integratian actually does i¢ to pwovide an official natonal organi e-ahon for the well- defined but unorganized anc! incohecive grup of which evexy lawyer is already a member. Bar integraton does not compel the Tamyen & associate with anger He _is tre fo attend or not attendF fne_mectings of his chapter or vos or refuse te vote in its election ep he chooses. Te grater tof Unified Bar pvities Verbes The Punch tea the educotion and efuical ees afte bar fo the end of impwovin tue quality of the legal vevice avai - Tobie te the people” a = —T fasumi ng that Bar integraton ces —___Compel~a landyer fo be a member of = Integrated Bar, vuch Compulcion ke _ guified as an exercise of the police par af the utate. The legal pwtession ___ has Jong been garded at a pwper ___vubject of legislative ngulahon and | control. poreover, the inherent power | of the Supreme Court fo regulate The | bar includes the authority b integrate The Bar.