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Law Practice

Aug. 19, 2021

The decline and fall of court appearance decorum

As COVID-19 forces counsel to make remote court appearances, an inadvertent casualty of the pandemic is that some attorneys are not observing time-honored professional etiquette and traditional practices of appropriate conduct and dress.

As COVID-19 forces counsel to make remote court appearances, an inadvertent casualty of the pandemic is that some attorneys are not observing time-honored professional etiquette and traditional practices of appropriate conduct and dress.

From the first day of law school, it is ingrained in lawyers that legal proceedings are serious matters where respect for the judicial process, the court and counsel is maintained and that distracting condu...

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