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Historical trivia for my attorney friends: According to Wikipedia on the Watergate Scandal, public distrust of lawyers skyrocketed as a result of the scandal, leading to a demand for FEDERAL regulation of lawyers. To avoid this, the ABA adopted its Model Rules for Professional Conduct (now adopted by vast majority of states) and pursued the current requirement that law students study professional conduct and responsibility. So what we now take for granted re ethical rules resulted from the Watergate scandal. I did not know that.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 06:08:41 +0000

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