1. The practice of law is not a natural or constitutional right but is a privilege.

It is limited to
persons of good moral character with special qualification duly ascertained and certified. The
exercise of this privilege presupposes possession of integrity, legal knowledge, educational
attainment and even public trust since a lawyer is an officer of the court. A bar candidate who is
morally unfit cannot practice law even if he passes the bar examination (Aguirre v. Rana B.M.
No. 1036 2003).

The law profession are not intended for all, but those person who qualifies according to the
standards of the Supreme Court. The Court decides the process and selection of bar candidate
who are admitted to the bar. And every year, only selected people satisfy the requirements. This
bring to the idea of the practice of law profession is publicly demanded for its strict credential to
pass.

Lawyering is not a 0business; it is a profession in which duty to public service, not money, is the
primary consideration. The practice of law is a noble calling in which emolument is a byproduct,
and the highest eminence may be attained without making a money (Burbe v. Magulta, A.C. No.
99-634 (2002).

The practice of profession as a lawyer involves professional fees as we called attoneys’ fee. It say
that legal fees are more extravagant or excessive as study of law is a specialized and meticulous
job. The people sometime take this into perception that lawyers are greed of money and that
law is only for rich people rather than the oppressive.

This misconception about lawyers tend to go beyond the integrity of the profession saying that
lawyers are only protecting the interest of their client just because of compensation. These
ideology tends to prove that some good lawyers are protecting wealthy politician for their crime
despite the public knows that the evidence to prove the person is substantial to that effect. Such
that, there is a prejudicial opinion on the part of profession are dealing only on rich client that in
effect the lawyer is not selecting person to defend and the consideration of presumption of
innocence.

According to the Dean Dave, a lawyer, first and foremost, is not an officer of the court who
participates in the fundamental function of administering justice in society, not merely the
defender of his client’s cause and a trustee of his client’s cause of action and assets. It follows
that a lawyer’s compensation for professional services rendered is subject to the supervision of
the court to be reasonable and commensurate with the services rendered.

The lawyers should uphold the integrity of each engagement. Moreover, the lawyers should
maintain the independence of the client’s interest by means of not recognizing the
compensation for services rendered and the interest of client is not the case of the unethical will
of client but the administration of justice.

In conclusion, the lawyers establish competent ethical standards by means of reasonable

attorney’s fees such as acceptance fees, appearance fees, contingent fees and etc., in
consideration of administration of justice and equal protection of all the clients.