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53 S. C. L. Rev. 549 (2001-2002)
The Professionalism Crises - The "Z" Words and Other Rambo Tactics: The Conference of Chief Justices' Solution

handle is hein.journals/sclr53 and id is 561 raw text is: THE PROFESSIONALISM CRisIS-TE 'Z' WORDS AND OTHER RAMBO TACTICS: THE CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES' SOLUTION* ALLEN K. HARRIS** I. INTRODUCTION: THE Loss OF PROFESSIONALISM- SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES .................................... 551 A. Society's Respect for the Law vs. Society's Respect for Lawyers ............................................ 554 B. Civility: Importance and Misconceptions .................... 556 C. Tensions Between Client Interests and a Just Legal System ...... 558 D. Judicial Concern and the Institutionalization of Professionalism ........................................ 560 E. The Florida and Georgia Experiences ....................... 565 I. PROFESSIONALISM VS. ETHICS ................................. 567 A. Zealous Representation .................................. 568 B. Zealous Advocacy and Discovery ........................... 570 C. Critics' View ofProfessionalism Crisis as Mere Need for Education by Miss Manners -Changing the Subject from the Serious Issue of Bad Lawyering to the Smoke Screen ofBad Manners ........................................ 574 D. Sanction by Rule for Discovery Misconduct: The South Carolina Supreme Court Example-Rule 300) ................ 575 E. Integral Role of Civility in the Legal System .................. 577 F. Georgia Judicial District Professional Program-Local Grass Roots Solution to Incivility and Unprofessional Tactics ................................... 578 * Copyright Allen K. Harris 2002. ** Mr. Harris is a solo practitioner in Oklahoma City; J.D., Oklahoma City University, 1970; A.B., George WashingtonUniversity, 1965; law clerk, U. S. DistrictJudge Fred Daugherty, Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma; Chairperson, Legal Ethics Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA); member, OBA Rules of Professional Conduct Committee; served as Co-Chair and Co-Vice Chair of the OBA Professionalism & Civility Task Force; Co-Chair of the Oklahoma County Bar Association (OCBA) Professionalism Committee and Vice-Chair of the Tulsa County Bar AssociationProfessionalism Committee. Master, Ruth BaderGinsburg AmericanInn ofCourt; member, American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Professional Responsibility, the Advisory Council ofthe ABA Ethics 2000 Commission, and the National Consortium on Professionalism Initiatives. Another version of this Articlehas appeared in Allen K. Harris, TheProfessionalism Crisis-The 'z' Words and Other Rambo Tactics: The Conference of ChiefJustices 'Solution, 12 PROF. LAw., Winter 2001, at 1; Allen K. Harris, The Professionalism Crisis, 12 PROF. LAW., Spring 2001, at 1.

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