Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2015, Volume 28, Number 1
Content
- Table of Contents
- A Fond Vaarwel...
- Litigation Section Executive Committee Past Chairs
- Adr Update: Dealing with Ab 2617
- Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame: Being a Trial Lawyer
- The Litigator's Must-Know Lexicon of Idioms Used by Young Business Professionals
- Employers Take Note: the U.S. Supreme Court Has Entered the Digital Age
- Masthead
- Past Editors-in-Chief
- Reclaiming Our Noble Profession: Civility in the Practice of Law
- Editor's Foreword Class Without Ostentation
- McDermott On Demand: Pass the Scalpel, Please
- A Path to Writeousness: What the Seven Deadly Sins Might Teach Us About Written Advocacy
- "I Learned About Litigating from That" Adapt and Take Advantage of Opportunities
- The Fine Line Between Protected Demand Letters and Extortion
- Forfeiture at the Pleading Stage: Ask Permission First, Don't Apologize Later
- The Disentitlement Doctrine: a Trap for Unwary Judgment Debtors in Civil Appeals
- Be Prepared: Your Week in Legal London Jurisdiction is no bar - the English barrister is abroad
Reclaiming Our Noble Profession: Civility in the Practice of Law
By Michael D. Stein
Michael D. Stein
Civility in modern life is on the decline. Dr. Pier Forni of Johns Hopkins University, author of The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude, observes, "In today’s America, incivility is on prominent display: in the schools, where bullying is pervasive; in the workplace, where an increasing number are more stressed out by coworkers than their jobs; on the roads, where road rage maims and kills; in politics, where strident intolerance takes the place of earnest dialogue; and on the web, where many check their inhibitions at the digital door."
The problem is no stranger to the legal profession. Consider the following snippet from an e-mail war between opposing counsel (names changed to protect the foolish) which resulted in both participants being disciplined: