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OATH OF ADMISSION TO THE
FLORIDA BAR
The general principles
which should ever control the lawyer in the practice of the legal profession are
clearly set forth in the following oath of admission to the Bar, which the
lawyer is sworn on admission to obey and for the willful violation to which
disbarment may be had.
"I do solemnly swear:
"I will support the
Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Florida;
"I will maintain the
respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers;
"I will not counsel
or maintain any suit or proceedings which shall appear to me to be unjust, nor
any defense except such as I believe to be honestly debatable under the law of
the land;
"I will employ for
the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to me such means only as are
consistent with truth and honor, and will never seek to mislead the judge or
jury by any artifice or false statement of fact or law;
"I will maintain the
confidence and preserve inviolate the secrets of my clients, and will accept no
compensation in connection with their business except from them or with their
knowledge and approval;
"I will abstain from
all offensive personality and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or
reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause
with which I am charged;
"I will never reject,
from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or
oppressed, or delay anyone's cause for lucre or malice. So help me God."
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