2.48.210 - Oath on admission. - Washington Statutes

Oath on admission.

Every person before being admitted to practice law in this state shall take and subscribe the following oath:

     I do solemnly swear:

     I am a citizen of the United States and owe my allegiance thereto;

     I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Washington;

     I will maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers;

     I will not counsel or maintain any suit or proceeding which shall appear to me to be unjust, nor any defense except such as I believe to be honestly debatable under the law of the land, unless it be in defense of a person charged with a public offense; I will employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to me such means only as are consistent with truth and honor, and will never seek to mislead the judge or jury by any artifice or false statement of fact or law;

     I will maintain the confidence and preserve inviolate the secrets of my client, and will accept no compensation in connection with his business except from him or with his knowledge and approval;

     I will abstain from all offensive personality, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which I am charged;

     I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay any man's cause for lucre or malice. So help me God.

[1921 c 126 § 12; RRS § 139-12. Prior: 1917 c 115 § 14.]

Notes:Rules of court:  Admission -- APR 5(c) and (d).