Commitment to Professionalism Clause Samples

Commitment to Professionalism. The Employer and the Society recognize that legal professionals employed by the Employer are bound by Professional Standards and Rules of Professional Conduct of the Law Society of Ontario as well as the Law Society Act and other legislation, rules and regulations (collectively “codes of conduct”). These codes of conduct regulate, inter alia, the conduct of legal professionals towards clients, other lawyers, and other parties. Nothing in this Agreement diminishes the obligations of legal professionals to adhere to applicable professional standards and codes of conduct at all times and nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as diminishing or affecting the legal professionals’ duty to adhere to professional standards and codes of conduct. The parties shall work together to ensure that the rights and obligations of legal professionals under this Agreement do not conflict with their professional obligations under the codes of conduct.