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Professionalism
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A Federal Judge’s Shocking View of How Women Lawyers Should Dress
By Tracy Thomas
From the Wall St. J., Judge Kopf Causes a Stir with a Blog Post about Female LawyersThe title of it, “On being a dirty old man and how young women lawyers…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Novel Florida Professionalism Code Examined by Prof. Kristen Davis
Concerned about a decline in good professional behavior, the Florida Supreme Court adopted its Code for Resolving Professionalism Complaints last June. In a new essay available on SSRN, Professor Kristen…
Texas Bar Blog
Goal30 aims to increase professionalism in Tarrant County
During the month of October, lawyers who practice family law in Tarrant County are encouraged to participate in Goal30, an initiative designed to increase professionalism, by re-reading the Texas Lawyer’s…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
A Reminder About Civility In Appellate Briefs
Over the past year or so, we have noted several examples where the Sixth Circuit has gone out of its way to provide pointers on best briefing practices. Yesterday, it…
DuetsBlog
It’s All About Image
Recently, I received my new American Bar Association card in the mail. This is what the envelope looked like: Notice anything? To me, the first thing that stuck out was…
Legal Profession Blog
Professionalism Corrections
On July 6, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court promulgated a Code for Resolving Professionalism Complaints. Today, the court corrected the Code in two respects. Rather than Anger Management Classes, the…
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
It’s Essential for Lawyers to Learn About Professionalism—Mike Maslanka
There's more to professionalism than dressing nice and basic matters. Touching on what he covered in his Ignite session, Mike Maslanka of Constangy, Brooks & Smith explains that being above…
Legal Profession Blog
Florida Adopts Professionalism Code
The Florida Supreme Court has adopted a Code for Resolving Professionalism Complaints.The court noted that the issue of civility/professionalism has been under study for decades and that, notwithstanding substantial effort,…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
5 habits of successful law firm social media managers
Andrew Caravella (@andrewcaravella), vice president of marketing at Sprout Social, a leading social media management and engagement platform, shared 5 habits of successful social media managers, that I thought very…
Texas Bar Blog
Call for nominations – Jack Pope Professionalism Award
The Texas Center for Legal Ethics is now accepting nominations for the fifth annual Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Awards.