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Oct 2024
40m 37s

Learning How To Be A Professional

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From young attorneys to the Chief Justice, a lot of lawyers are dropping the ball.

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We've got some young lawyers out there who don't understand the basics of professionalism and it runs a lot deeper than just lacking experience. That said, there are some experienced attorneys falling down on fulfilling a different set of professional obligations. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Roberts is apparently very, very sad that the public didn't appreciate his latest Constitutional rewrite.

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