The article attempts to determine what arguments would support the punishability of attempt in the regime of disciplinary liability of advocates. A preliminary thesis is put forward that it is not possible to apply the provisions of Article 13(1) of the Penal Code directly to the liability referred to in Article 80 of the Law on the Bar. The conclusion of the considerations is that an attempt is punishable only in those cases where the element of the “dignity of the profession” justifies penalizing behaviour consisting in an attempt to violate the principles of advocates’ ethics.