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The members of the legal profession, individually and collectively, have the responsibility of seeing that the different legal procedures of society embody and consecrate effectively and adequately the principles of democratic living and of respect for the inviolable dignity of the human being. In fulfilling this responsibility, society must have available all the adequate professional services of a legal nature which are necessary. It is also necessary that every lawyer, as a citizen and in his professional capacity, whether as judge, prosecuting attorney, practicing attorney, adviser or in any other capacity, shall always act according to the principles set forth in the preamble of these canons.

The members of the legal profession, individually and collectively, have the responsibility of seeing that the different legal procedures of society embody and consecrate effectively and adequately the principles of democratic living and of respect for the inviolable dignity of the human being. In fulfilling this responsibility, society must have available all the adequate professional services of a legal nature which are necessary. It is also necessary that every lawyer, as a citizen and in his professional capacity, whether as judge, prosecuting attorney, practicing attorney, adviser or in any other capacity, shall always act according to the principles set forth in the preamble of these canons.

The members of the legal profession, individually and collectively, have the responsibility of seeing that the different legal procedures of society embody and consecrate effectively and adequately the principles of democratic living and of respect for the inviolable dignity of the human being. In fulfilling this responsibility, society must have available all the adequate professional services of a legal nature which are necessary. It is also necessary that every lawyer, as a citizen and in his professional capacity, whether as judge, prosecuting attorney, practicing attorney, adviser or in any other capacity, shall always act according to the principles set forth in the preamble of these canons.