Section 15, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) A pupil master shall– (a) give specific and detailed teaching instruction in the drafting of pleadings and other documents; (b) ensure that the pupil is well grounded in the rules of conduct and etiquette of the Bar and to accept briefs. Giving of legal advice to the public. Responsibilities of pupil legal practitioners. Display of name of legal practitioner. Membership of two chambers. Partnership. Obligations of pupil master. 4 5 follows such guidelines for pupils as may be approved from time to time by the General Legal Council; (c) require his pupil to read his papers and draft pleadings and other documents, including opinions, and shall discuss the drafts personally with the pupil; (d) require his pupil to accompany him to court on sufficiently frequent occasions, take proper notes of the proceedings during those occasions and discuss the proceedings with the pupil afterwards; (e) require his pupil to attend conferences and to do the necessary preparation to conduct such conferences. (2) In requiring his pupil to do the work mentioned in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of sub-rule (1), the Pupil Master shall ensure that his pupil has the opportunity to do such work and gain such experience as is appropriate for a person commencing practice in the type of work done by the Pupil Master. (3) If the opportunity referred to in sub-rule (2) can also be obtained from other members of the chambers, the Pupil Master may occasionally arrange for his pupil to see the work of such other members. (4) The Pupil Master shall– (a) provide the pupil opportunities to engage in a variety of court-related work and arrange for the pupil from time to time to accompany other members of his chambers or other legal practitioners to other courts; (b) take steps to enable the pupil to understudy the work done by junior members of the chambers so that the Pupil may have an idea of the type of work which a legal practitioner would do when commencing practice. (c) encourage a relationship between himself, his chambers, his colleagues and his pupil whereby his pupil is encouraged to receive and share information on matters relating to practice and etiquette; (d) encourage the pupil to attend such activities as the Sierra Leone Bar Association and the General Legal Council may from time to time arrange; (e) ensure that the pupil does not accept briefs or instructions which are beyond the pupil’s capacity; (f) ensure that his pupil serves the requisite period of pupilage exclusively from within his chambers; (g) not, at the end of the relevant period of pupilage, issue a certificate under section 12 of the Act, unless he is satisfied that the pupil has served pupilage in compliance with the Act and these Rules. (5) Although a pupil has no right or expectation to receive a salary from his Pupil Master, a Pupil Master shall remunerate his pupil where the pupil has done work of value for him at any stage of his pupilage.