Law, College of
Nebraska Law Bulletin (Selected Issues)
Date of this Version
7-8-2013
Document Type
Article
Citation
Nebraska Law Bulletin (July 8, 2013)
Abstract
It matters that lawyers and law schools be trusted. A society of laws depends in part on the legal profession’s credibility: If the society doesn’t trust lawyers, it doesn’t trust the legal system. In creating that trust, we do not operate in silos. The actions of each of us affect the public’s trust of the profession as a whole. For that reason, all lawyers must recognize a duty to build trust through good behavior and continued enforcement of professional rules of conduct. Law schools harm the whole profession when they breach those duties, especially when they make misrepresentations while recruiting new members to the profession.
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