What the Young Advocate Owes the Court
21 March 20265 min read
Reputation at the Bar is built in increments too small to notice and lost in moments too public to forget. For the young advocate, the obligations are quiet ones: candour with the court, fairness to the opponent, fidelity to the record.
This note collects the counsel shared at a recent chamber mentorship session — the kind of guidance that rarely appears in manuals but decides careers.
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