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House Vote: 5-0-0
Senate Vote: 3-1-0
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the ”Legal Board Act''.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
2 - Purpose
The DC Bar Association shall be a board composed of all lawyers, which include Solicitors, Barristers, and Attorneys.
3 - Responsibilities
(1) Discuss and debate on legal policy.
(2) Advise Congress on bills relating to legal policy.
(3) Regulate and ensure that lawyers are accurately representing their clients.
(4) Manage the use of Public Defenders.
4 - Regulation of Lawyers
(1) This bill hereby grants the power to the board to revoke a person’s ability to file a case on behalf of a client; however the Judge may order to allow such to file a case.
(2) The Council of the board may vote to revoke such person’s ability to file a lawsuit.
5 - Terms for Removal
(1) Anyone may be subject to their ability to file a lawsuit for someone else being revoked should they breach the following;
(2) Lawyers must respect attorney-client privilege and cannot reveal information told in private by their client.
(a) Lawyers cannot be held accountable for conspiracy if practising the use of attorney-client privilege; with the exception of being involved in the conspiracy.
(b) Lawyers may break attorney-client privilege should the individual be involved in corruption or pose an imminent threat to the safety of others.
(3) Lawyers must ensure they are providing effective counsel in representing their clients in court.
(4) Lawyers must ensure they are abiding by any other procedure or terms set out by the courts.
(5) The additional grounds for which disbarment (terms for removal) should take place will be the following:
a. Committing a crime against a party during a case.
b. Harassment, insultment, and/or intimidation of a party in a case after being warned at least once.
c. All terms for removal listed here are not explicit to the removal or punishment of the legal professions; lawyers will be subject to the ethics doctrine, Legal Board Act, and bylaws set by the RBA.
6 - RBA Vote Publication & Justification
(1) The RBA shall be required to post how many ayes, nays, and/or abstains were submitted during a council vote to disbar/suspend a member.
a. This shall be made public on the RBA Discord server.
(2) The RBA shall be required to post a statement of justification for the disbarment/suspension of any member, along with all pertaining evidence, within 3 days (72 hours) of the disbarment.
7 - Public Defenders
(1) The Department of Education and Commerce, will process funding for the Public Defenders Program through the Board and Director of the PDP.
(2) The Pubic Defenders program will grant PDs to defend players with less than $5,000 in their balance and company balances of less that $15,000, for free of charge.
(3) Cases will be assigned by the director to the PDs
(4) Any lawyer on the board may apply for the public defenders program with the criteria established below.
8 - Roles
(1) The Attorney General shall be charged with the initial organising of such board.
(2) The Chairman of the DC Bar Association shall be elected by the board every two months
(a) Only lawyers with the Attorney Qualification and have attained 24 hours playtime and 12 hours of playtime within the last 30 days may run for Chairman.
(b) The Chairman shall manage the votes and ensure the proper usage of the board.
(c) The Chairman shall act as a tie-breaking vote in the Council.
(d) The Chairman can be removed with a ⅔ majority of votes from the entire board in favor of the removal.
(3) There shall also be a Council of four on the board elected every two months.
(a) Only lawyers with the Barrister or Attorney qualification and have attained 24 hours playtime and 12 hours of playtime within the last 30 days may run for the Council.
(b) The Council will be charged with the regulation of lawyers as described in Section 4.
(c) The Council will manage the Public Defender program and assign cases.
(d) The Council may establish initiatives within the board in relation to profession and board development.
(e) A member of the Council can be removed with a simple majority of votes from the entire board in favor of the removal.
9 - Limiting Recruitment
(1) Recruitment within the legal profession is to be moderated by the DCBA Council at their discretion.
(2) Additional requirements to take the Legal exams may be required by the DCBA, such as but not limited to, an application.
10 - Solicitor
(1) The primary, but not exclusive, role of a solicitor is to manage the groundwork of the legal system, with an emphasis on civil law cases.
11 - Barrister
(1) Barristers may apply for the role of Public Defender within the legal system.
(a) Any application is to be made to the DCBA, in a format required by the DCBA, which will be judged as the DCBA sees fit.
12 - Attorney
(1) Attorneys may apply for the role of Prosecutor within the legal system.
(a) Any application is to be made to the Attorney General, in a format required by the Attorney General, which will be judged as the Attorney General sees fit.
13 - Public Defender Program
(1) Representation through the Public Defenders program will be available to those players/companies who have the required minimal monetary amount in there balance.
(a) Any case that reverts to a default judgement, where the defendant is inactive, the presiding Judge may request a public defender represent the Defendant.
(2) The Director of the PDP will hold record of the PDs.
(3) Payment will be a flat rate commission by the Department of Education and Commerce and from Advise from the Director of the PDP, this amount cannot be less than $50 and no more than $200.
(4) For extra specify performance or complex lengthy cases a bonus award to the PDs may be awarded at the discretion off the DOJ and Director with bonus being caped at $100.
(5) The PDP will be available for all criminal and civil cases subject to the restriction of s7.1.
(6) All cases will be approved to be taken by the Director.
(7) Recruitment will be at the discretion of the Director of the PDP
(8) There will be no set limit on the PDs unless the AG offices and Director agrees to establish a maximum number.
(9) PDs may be struck from there office/duites if in breach any rules stated by the RBA Board and if it contravene s.5.
(10) The Director is the sole body who allocates case work based on work ethic, fairness and efficacy.
14 - Prosecutors
(1) Prosecutors will be managed by the Attorney General.
(2)Payment for cases will be a flat-rate commission specified by the Attorney General.
(a) For particularly complex cases, a further amount may be awarded at the discretion of the Attorney General.
(b) Funding will be issued from the Attorney General Government account.
(3) Prosecutors may be assigned any case within a criminal jurisdiction, or at the direction of the Attorney General in relation to non-criminal cases.
(4) The recruitment process for the Prosecutor team will be handled by the Attorney General, at their discretion.
(a) Prosecutors may be relieved at the discretion of the Attorney General.
(5) Prosecutors will be allocated work at the discretion of the Attorney General.
15 - Definitions
(1) Disbar - The act of removing a member from the Redmont Bar Association (RBA) and thus causing the former member to lose the ability to practice law, file lawsuits on behalf of another player, and represent an individual in court.
(2) Suspend - The act of removing a member from the RBA for a temporary and limited period of time while still having the same effects as disbarment.
Senate Vote: 3-1-0
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BILL
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Establish the DC Bar Association
BILL
To
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Establish the DC Bar Association
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the ”Legal Board Act''.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
2 - Purpose
The DC Bar Association shall be a board composed of all lawyers, which include Solicitors, Barristers, and Attorneys.
3 - Responsibilities
(1) Discuss and debate on legal policy.
(2) Advise Congress on bills relating to legal policy.
(3) Regulate and ensure that lawyers are accurately representing their clients.
(4) Manage the use of Public Defenders.
4 - Regulation of Lawyers
(1) This bill hereby grants the power to the board to revoke a person’s ability to file a case on behalf of a client; however the Judge may order to allow such to file a case.
(2) The Council of the board may vote to revoke such person’s ability to file a lawsuit.
5 - Terms for Removal
(1) Anyone may be subject to their ability to file a lawsuit for someone else being revoked should they breach the following;
(2) Lawyers must respect attorney-client privilege and cannot reveal information told in private by their client.
(a) Lawyers cannot be held accountable for conspiracy if practising the use of attorney-client privilege; with the exception of being involved in the conspiracy.
(b) Lawyers may break attorney-client privilege should the individual be involved in corruption or pose an imminent threat to the safety of others.
(3) Lawyers must ensure they are providing effective counsel in representing their clients in court.
(4) Lawyers must ensure they are abiding by any other procedure or terms set out by the courts.
(5) The additional grounds for which disbarment (terms for removal) should take place will be the following:
a. Committing a crime against a party during a case.
b. Harassment, insultment, and/or intimidation of a party in a case after being warned at least once.
c. All terms for removal listed here are not explicit to the removal or punishment of the legal professions; lawyers will be subject to the ethics doctrine, Legal Board Act, and bylaws set by the RBA.
6 - RBA Vote Publication & Justification
(1) The RBA shall be required to post how many ayes, nays, and/or abstains were submitted during a council vote to disbar/suspend a member.
a. This shall be made public on the RBA Discord server.
(2) The RBA shall be required to post a statement of justification for the disbarment/suspension of any member, along with all pertaining evidence, within 3 days (72 hours) of the disbarment.
7 - Public Defenders
(1) The Department of Education and Commerce, will process funding for the Public Defenders Program through the Board and Director of the PDP.
(2) The Pubic Defenders program will grant PDs to defend players with less than $5,000 in their balance and company balances of less that $15,000, for free of charge.
(3) Cases will be assigned by the director to the PDs
(4) Any lawyer on the board may apply for the public defenders program with the criteria established below.
8 - Roles
(1) The Attorney General shall be charged with the initial organising of such board.
(2) The Chairman of the DC Bar Association shall be elected by the board every two months
(a) Only lawyers with the Attorney Qualification and have attained 24 hours playtime and 12 hours of playtime within the last 30 days may run for Chairman.
(b) The Chairman shall manage the votes and ensure the proper usage of the board.
(c) The Chairman shall act as a tie-breaking vote in the Council.
(d) The Chairman can be removed with a ⅔ majority of votes from the entire board in favor of the removal.
(3) There shall also be a Council of four on the board elected every two months.
(a) Only lawyers with the Barrister or Attorney qualification and have attained 24 hours playtime and 12 hours of playtime within the last 30 days may run for the Council.
(b) The Council will be charged with the regulation of lawyers as described in Section 4.
(c) The Council will manage the Public Defender program and assign cases.
(d) The Council may establish initiatives within the board in relation to profession and board development.
(e) A member of the Council can be removed with a simple majority of votes from the entire board in favor of the removal.
9 - Limiting Recruitment
(1) Recruitment within the legal profession is to be moderated by the DCBA Council at their discretion.
(2) Additional requirements to take the Legal exams may be required by the DCBA, such as but not limited to, an application.
10 - Solicitor
(1) The primary, but not exclusive, role of a solicitor is to manage the groundwork of the legal system, with an emphasis on civil law cases.
11 - Barrister
(1) Barristers may apply for the role of Public Defender within the legal system.
(a) Any application is to be made to the DCBA, in a format required by the DCBA, which will be judged as the DCBA sees fit.
12 - Attorney
(1) Attorneys may apply for the role of Prosecutor within the legal system.
(a) Any application is to be made to the Attorney General, in a format required by the Attorney General, which will be judged as the Attorney General sees fit.
13 - Public Defender Program
(1) Representation through the Public Defenders program will be available to those players/companies who have the required minimal monetary amount in there balance.
(a) Any case that reverts to a default judgement, where the defendant is inactive, the presiding Judge may request a public defender represent the Defendant.
(2) The Director of the PDP will hold record of the PDs.
(3) Payment will be a flat rate commission by the Department of Education and Commerce and from Advise from the Director of the PDP, this amount cannot be less than $50 and no more than $200.
(4) For extra specify performance or complex lengthy cases a bonus award to the PDs may be awarded at the discretion off the DOJ and Director with bonus being caped at $100.
(5) The PDP will be available for all criminal and civil cases subject to the restriction of s7.1.
(6) All cases will be approved to be taken by the Director.
(7) Recruitment will be at the discretion of the Director of the PDP
(8) There will be no set limit on the PDs unless the AG offices and Director agrees to establish a maximum number.
(9) PDs may be struck from there office/duites if in breach any rules stated by the RBA Board and if it contravene s.5.
(10) The Director is the sole body who allocates case work based on work ethic, fairness and efficacy.
14 - Prosecutors
(1) Prosecutors will be managed by the Attorney General.
(2)Payment for cases will be a flat-rate commission specified by the Attorney General.
(a) For particularly complex cases, a further amount may be awarded at the discretion of the Attorney General.
(b) Funding will be issued from the Attorney General Government account.
(3) Prosecutors may be assigned any case within a criminal jurisdiction, or at the direction of the Attorney General in relation to non-criminal cases.
(4) The recruitment process for the Prosecutor team will be handled by the Attorney General, at their discretion.
(a) Prosecutors may be relieved at the discretion of the Attorney General.
(5) Prosecutors will be allocated work at the discretion of the Attorney General.
15 - Definitions
(1) Disbar - The act of removing a member from the Redmont Bar Association (RBA) and thus causing the former member to lose the ability to practice law, file lawsuits on behalf of another player, and represent an individual in court.
(2) Suspend - The act of removing a member from the RBA for a temporary and limited period of time while still having the same effects as disbarment.
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