Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2012
Abstract
This article addresses the ABA as a source of pressure to encourage and foster professionalism education in law schools. The ABA holds a uniquely powerful position in the American legal community, and with it the ABA enjoys the attendant ability to influence professionalism training and awareness. The principal tool at the ABA's disposal considered in this article is the ABA's ability to promulgate standards for professionalism as a requirement for law school accreditation. This article argues that this is the proper time for the ABA to institute a specific standard in an effort to increase professionalism in the legal profession.
Recommended Citation
Nicola A. Boothe-Perry, Standard Lawyer Behavior: Professionalism as an Essential Standard for ABA Accreditation, 42 N.M. L. Rev. 33 (2012)
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