Law Letter
Prudence of a lawyer
The prudence of a lawyer can't be judged through his earnings. It's very even that a clerk is able to earn more than twice compare to the attached young learned under whom he serves. There are many lawyers. Some got posh chambers. Some got posh family tradition. But the society needs knowing that: thinking depth and versatility of knowledge is the thing which creates a true lawyer. A lawyer can earn in many ways. But judging a lawyer needs to be based on his lawyering skills i.e. his prudence and social knowledge. In Bangladesh there are some new Barristers/foreign law graduates who openly says without any hesitation that our fee should be higher considering our expenditures in BPTC Course. In this regard, India can be our example. They don't bother whether you're a Barrister or Advocate. They consider your lawyering skills and prudence. I am not writing this to hurt anyone. But envisaging the vacuum in our legal arena, I strongly opine to take steps for stopping usage of Barrister by a legal professional serving in Bangladesh. For the sake of a noble profession, it is the high time to interfere with the issue. We have powerful young lawyers without having any foreign degree/vocational courses. They need some room to show their potential. A country needs to see the talent for upholding the rule of law. A true learned need not to search of clients rather the clients realises the urgency of pursuing him.
I believe that a true King seeks the prudence and pursue for them. The prudence seeks knowledge for the purpose of searching of the truth folded in various forms but not to satisfy the Kings. We don't want to see some businessmen in the name of legal practitioner.
Nahid Absar Emon
LL.B, LL.M, University of Chittagong
