Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 15, 2007
Beyond Civility Codes
Focus Column - By Dan Lawton - What's the best way to reintroduce lawyers to ethical behavior? How about starting by destroying the guidelines that make a mockery of it?
By Dan Lawton
Are you sick and tired of hearing about civility? I sure am. Speeches, reports, letters from bar presidents and law review articles discussing it have abounded for at least 10 years. For years, groups have drafted codes to combat the problem. See Comment, "A Critique of the Civility Movement: Why Rambo Will Not Go Away," 77 Marq. L. Rev. 751, p. 752 (Summer 1994). These now include our own State Bar,...
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