The legal profession is due for a reckoning. Lawyers are guardians of the rule of law. We need to reassert that role--in law schools and within the bar.
“This is arguably one of the most important bar disciplinary cases in history — full stop. A lawyer sworn to uphold the rule of law is charged with attacking the rule of law. … If the bar doesn’t hold him to account for that, it’s hard to understand how the system can function, going forward.”
#law #lawfedi #lawyers
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-22/john-eastman-bar-trial-resumes-after-trump-indictment
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