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22 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/geojlege22 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREWORD Foreword to Volume XXII MATrHEW U. ScHERER, Editor in Chief Twenty-two years ago, when Father Robert Drinan founded The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, he expressed his hope that the Journal would become the central forum for the discussion and development of the ethical and professional dilemmas confronting the lawyers of America.' Even after Father Drinan's passing, the Journal still strives to fulfill his vision. The Journal will always seek to advance the discussion of legal ethics and professional responsi- bility, and thereby help to fulfill Father Drinan's vision for the Journal. In recent years, the Journal has also been the beneficiary of the ever- developing scholarship on the future of the legal profession. The legal profession has undergone substantial and fascinating changes during the past two decades due to globalization, the rapid expansion of law firms (in terms of both personnel and revenues), the increasing fluidity of the lateral market for attorneys, and numerous other factors. Indeed, the changes have been so extensive that compiling a comprehensive list of the changes and their causes is impossible. This scholarship is not only timely but critical to the Journal's mission. Modem lawyers cannot hope to understand the contours of the ethical dilemmas that they face if they do not first understand the context in which they work. Thus, the Journal would be remiss if it ignored the vital and fascinating scholarship that has emerged on the direction of the legal profession as a whole. Still, it is important for scholars and practitioners alike to remember that lawyers face the same ethical and professional dilemmas that drove Father Drinan to create this journal twenty-two years ago. The new challenges that modem lawyers face have not replaced the dilemmas that lawyers faced when Father Drinan founded this journal. On the contrary, in the increasingly complex world in which lawyers work, it is easier than ever for lawyers to lose sight of the broader ethical obligations that they have to their clients, to the interests of justice and, perhaps most importantly, to society as a whole. It therefore is essential that the scholarship on the direction of the legal profession supplements-and does not simply replace-the scholarship on lawyers' ethical obligations. Fortunately, the ever-increasing scholarship on the future of the legal profession perfectly 1. Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Introduction to The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 1 GEo. J. LEGAL ETIcs 1 (1987).

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