Eyana, Emmagine E.

Assignment in Practicum - 2

5 MCQs:
1. Canon 2 of the Code of Professional Responsibility deals with:

A. A lawyer whom shall make his legal services available in an efficient and convenient
manner compatible with the independence, integrity and effectiveness of the
profession.
B. A lawyer shall not use or permit the use of any false, fraudulent, misleading, deceptive,
undignified, self-laudatory or unfair statement or claim regarding his qualifications or
legal services.
C. A lawyer shall not pay or give anything of value to representatives of the mass media in
anticipation of, or in return for, publicity to attract legal business.
D. A lawyer shall not, after leaving government service, accept engagement or
employment in connection with any matter in which he had intervened while in said
service.

2. When do lawyers can be disciplined based on the pleadings they filed, in violation to
Rule 10.03, Canon 10 of the CPR?
A. When counsel files an unsigned pleading in violation to the rules
B. When the lawyer alleges scandalous matters
C. When lawyers fails to promptly report to the court a change of his address
D. All of the above

3. Which of the following is NOT covered under Chapter II – Canon 7 - THE LAWYER AND
THE LEGAL PROFESSION
A. A lawyer shall be answerable for knowingly making a false statement or suppressing a
material fact in connection with his application for admission to the bar.
B. A lawyer shall not support the application for admission to the bar of any person known
by him to be unqualified in respect to character, education, or other relevant attribute.
C. A lawyer shall not engage in conduct that adversely reflects on his fitness to practice
law, nor shall he whether in public or private life, behave in a scandalous manner to the
discredit of the legal profession.
D. A lawyer shall not, in his professional dealings, use language which is abusive, offensive
or otherwise improper.
 4. Which of the following is a VIOLATION of Canon 10, of the Code of Professional
Responsibility:
A. A lawyer shall not suppress material and vital facts which bear on the merit or lack of
merit of a complaint/petition
B. A lawyer shall volunteer to the court any development of the case which has rendered
the issue moot and academic
C. Disclosure of the court of any decision adverse to his position of which the opposing
counsel is ignorant
D. A lawyer alleging in the pleading that the client is a lessee of the property involved, and
alleged in the later pleading that the same clients were the owners of the same property

5. Rule 22.01 of Canon 22 states that “A lawyer may withdraw his services in any of the
following cases”. Which one below is NOT included:
A. When the client pursues an illegal or immoral course of conduct in connection with the
matter he is handling;
B. When the client insists that the lawyer pursue conduct violative of these canons and
rules;
C. When his inability to work with co-counsel will not promote the best interest of the
client;
D. None of the above

3 Objective Type:

1. What is covered by Chapter III of the Code of Professional Responsibility?

2. What are the two-fold duty of the lawyers under Canon 1 of the Code of Professional
Responsibility?

3. What Canons of the Code of Professional Responsibility that deal with The Lawyer and
The Client. Give at least 5.
2 Case Study Type:

1. Atty. Nelson Barrientos recently passed the Bar Exam and wanted to specialize in marine
labor law. He gave out calling cards with his name, address and telephone number in
front, and the following words at the back: “We provide legal assistance to overseas
seamen who are repatriated due to Covid-19 pandemic. We also offer FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE”. Does it constitute ethical misconduct?

2. Provincial Prosecutor Andres Bonifacio refused to represent the Municipality of San

Vicente in a case for a collection of taxes. He explained that he cannot handle the case
with sincerity and industry because he does not believe in the position taken by the
Municipality. Can Prosecutor Bonifacio be sanctioned administratively in violation of
Canon 6 of the Code of Professional Responsibility?