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NUPL-NCR took a closer look at the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability, which was updated in 2022
August 25, 2024
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The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers is a nationwide voluntary association of human rights lawyers in the Philippines, committed to the defense, protection, and promotion of human rights, especially of the poor and the oppressed.

LOOK: The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers – National Capital Region took a closer look at the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability, which was updated in 2022. The discussion of the lawyers’ code of conduct in relation to attorney-client relations helps people’s lawyers redefine and lead the law towards its ultimate goal of justice. 

Honored to have had Judge Gerely Rico-Cruz of HUKOM and presiding judge of Metropolitan Circuit Trial Court of San Fabian-San Jacinto, Pangasinan as our resource speaker!

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