Though in my waning days as a bar leader, I still get invited to the odd meeting where folks discuss where our profession is going and what should be the role of such institutions as law schools, bar associations and court systems in what some call the “new normal.” Several events recently brought home the fact that, in the words of one wag, “this ain’t our fathers’ bar anymore.”
I was reading the list of new admittees sworn in to the bar recently. Because it was a snowy day, I figured the small number, about 130, was simply because the list was the February group that is usually smaller than the June cohort. My bad! This was the “big” class. I remember when the bar admission ceremonies, held twice a year, had both morning and afternoon sessions with hundreds of eager new lawyers being sworn in. No more.
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