THE LEGAL ESSENCE OF LAWYER’S MORALS IN THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS ETIQUETTE

The article examines the morality of a lawyer in the context of business etiquette. Despite the existence of a number of regulations, the studied category of “business etiquette of a lawyer”, unfortunately, is little studied by scholars and is rarely discussed by practitioners. However, the study of various manifestations of this institution allows us to conclude that it has a significant impact on the course of the trial. It was found that the content of the requirements concerning the duties of a lawyer to comply with generally accepted rules of business etiquette and the requirements for appearance are not explained in any way in the Lawyers' Code of Ethics, which sometimes creates some ambiguities among practicing lawyers and is a shortcoming of the law. In our opinion, the business etiquette of a lawyer is a set of common rules and norms of behavior in both formal and informal settings. Also, in our opinion, the ethics of a lawyer's business relations can be considered a necessary basis of moral values, which is a system of criteria and parameters in relations between all members of society. The article discusses the requirements for lawyer's clothing, introduced in other countries. We fully support the position of a negative attitude towards the lawyer's robe, because lawyers wear a special robe, will not be able to add ethics and discipline a lawyer — because the “mantle of the portfolio” is not only not good, but also directly degrades the prestige of the legal profession. Norms of business etiquette of a lawyer can be considered: timely performance of his work; confidentiality; respect for colleagues; friendliness and friendliness to anyone, regardless of mood and attitude to others; attention and tolerance to customers; correct and competent language; proper clothing; restriction of personal telephone communication during professional activity; minimization of extraneous chats. These norms completely coincide with the norms and principles of lawyer's ethics, which can be considered as a culture associated with the establishment in society of moral and humanistic relations between people. In this regard, the article proposes to supplement Art.