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: Legal Ethics ForumBootle Inn of Court: The Old Days
I'm a member of the William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court, and tonight at our meeting the group celebrated the judge's views of professionalism. Most of his speeches were based upon the old Canons, and it really struck me in hearing him read them how far the rules have "fallen," from rules about doing good and right to minimum standards of professional conduct. I have nothing grand to add, other than to wonder if the word "professional" ought to be banned from any future iterations of the rules, and only the word "discipline" permitted.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on March 12, 2009 (boomark / email).
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