The aim of the activities of attorneys at law is to provide legal services and legal assistance particular by providing legal advice, drafting legislative proposals, preparing legal opinions and representing clients before courts and public bodies as a legal representative or a defence counsel. The aim of the profession is to protect public interest. Attorneys at law are obliged to respect the rules of professional conduct adopted by the National Assembly of Attorneys at law and protecting the core values of the profession, such as independence, protection of professional secrecy, avoidance of conflicts of interest, protection of the dignity of the profession in professional, public and private life, as well as loyalty to clients. The profession of an attorney at law is a profession of public trust, referred to in Article 17 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. The subject of the article is to explain what the profession of public trust is and why attorneys at law are referred to as professions of public trust.