Advocate is a profession that provides legal services for the public or Clients
who have legal problem. Actually, there are still a lot Advocates who are not
cooperative in law enforcement for criminal acts of corruption that results in bad
judgement by the public to an Advocate who defended the defendant of corruption. Is
how many factors that affect an Advocate who was adjudged free by a court, even
term “money talk” is defending will pay not attached to defend the true given by the
public to an Advocate who defended the defendant of corruption. It is supported by a
statement of Denny Indrayana who said that an Advocate who defended the
corruptor is a corruptor itself which is paid form the proceeds of corruption. From
the above background, it is in the writing of this essay presented two main issues,
namely: How the legal arguments of Advocate in response to petition for legal
defense against the defendant’s criminal act of corruption? And How do the
professional Adcocates on providing defense against the defendant’s criminal act of
corruption?. This research is normative, made by reviewing/analyzing secondary
data in the form of legal materials, especially primary legal materials and secondary
legal materials to understand the law as a set of rules or norms in the system of
positive law governing the human life. Results of this study is defence Advocate
against the defendant's criminal act of corruption should be in accordance with the
law, the principle of presumption of innocence, and a high moral awake
profesionaltas Advocate as law enforcement, and sprlngs trust public over the
profession of an advocate.