I. LEAD-IN. Imagine that you are a journalist of the TV channel

Imagine that you are a journalist of the TV channel. You are to present a report using the materials received during interview with Mr. Mason.

V. SPEAKING

1. Read and translate the dialogue:

Journalist: Good morning, Mr.Mason. May I ask you a few questions about secrets of your proficiency?

Mr.Mason: Yes, indeed.

Journalist: The typical TV image of the defence lawyer is a brilliant legal. detective, strategist, and orator, whose clients are never guilty and who always succeeds in making the prosecutor look silly. What is the main thing in your profession?

Mr. Mason: You know, the main thing in the lawyer’s activity is to represent a client zealously within the bounds of the law.

Journalist: But how can you defend people who you know are guilty?

Mr.Mason: Under the legislation every person is entitled to a fair trial, every person is to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. That’s why I think the defence lawyers are to ensure that the interests of an accused are fully protected.

Journalist: Does it mean that you must go beyond the limits of your own conscience?

Mr.Mason: Surely, it doesn’t. All the more so, lawyers are expected to adhere to high standards of ethical conduct.

Journalist: Can you give examples of unprofessional conduct?

Mr.Mason: Such examples include using illegal means to obtain evidence, paying a witness for testimony and knowingly entering false evidence.

Journalist: And if a client believes that a lawyer has acted unethically, can he charge the lawyer of his misconduct?

Mr.Mason: The client may contact the lawyer’s disciplinary agencies which are authorized to investigate charges of lawyer’s misconduct.

Journalist: Thank you very much. It was really a pleasure to talk to you.

2. Imagine you are a journalist of some newspaper. Using the materials received during an interview with Mr. Mason, think over your future article. Present it beginning with the words:

The headline of my article is…

The article deals with (concerns, dwells upon, describes, draws the reader’s attention to) the problem of…

4. Make up a dialogue between a lawyer and his son discussing the peculiarities of father’s profession.

You may discuss rules of lawyer’s ethics: rule of law, independence, observance of law, prevailing of the clients’ interests, confidence, competence, fairness and honesty.

Unit 3 Lawyer Section 2 Functions of Lawyers in Different Countries

1. Answer the following questions:

1. What words denoting the profession of a lawyer do you know?

2. In what countries are they used?

3. Does the system of advocacy differ in these countries?

4. What is the reason for it?

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