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IT'S ALL ACADEMIC:
A Response to Enforcement of Law Schools' Non-Academic Honor Codes: A Necessary Step
Towards Professionalism? by Nicola A. Boothe-Perry
Jonah J. Horwitzi
Copyright © 2012. Jonah J. Horwitz. All rights reserved.
Most can readily agree with Professor Boothe-Perry that lawyers routinely act badly, and
that they do so with a regularity that is, alarmingly, on the rise. The question of what to do about
it is a more vexing one. Professor Boothe-Perry suggests that the problem can be nipped in the
bud, as it were, through the imposition of non-academic honor codes at law schools.1 In this
way, she argues, attorneys-in-training will learn how to behave themselves before they join the
bar and will behave themselves ever after.iii
It is a hopeful vision, and one with the virtue of simplicity: just teach law students about
proper conduct while they are in school, and you solve the scourge of unprofessional behavior.iv
Unfortunately, however, the real world is rarely so simple. The fatal flaw of Professor Boothe-
Perry's reasoning is neatly captured by her lament that law students often carry into society [the]
attributes of 'bad lawyering.' Young lawyers do not acquire such attributes in law school, and
they consequently cannot carry them into practice. They acquire them during the course of
practice itself. They learn unprofessionalism from the profession.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/nelrvbu2012&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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