advocate good faith arrangements in the future

Article 16 of law number 18 of 2003 concerning advocates, an advocate has special rights in the form of the right of immunity, so that advocates cannot be prosecuted either civilly or criminally for carrying out their duties both inside and outside the court in good faith. however, the absence of clear parameters to what extent the right of immunity is inherent in advocates has caused not a few advocates carrying out their profession to be entangled in legal problems. starting from this background, this paper discusses future good-faith arrangements for advocates. the research method used in this article is a normative legal research method. the results of the research in this article are the regulation regarding the good faith of advocates so that in practice it does not cause multiple interpretations and there is legal certainty for advocates in carrying out their duties and obligations without worrying about criminalization, namely by changing article 16 of law number 18 of 2013 becomes advocates cannot be prosecuted civilly or criminally in carrying out their professional duties by adhering to the code of ethics and laws and regulations for the benefit of defending clients both inside and outside the courtroom.